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Update: Friday, 5:41 p.m. Robert Ray Rodgers has been safely located, according to a report from the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office. First report: Friday, 2:23 p.m. The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance with locating a missing person who was last seen at his Staunton home Friday morning.

Staunton Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Garber has been elected president of the Southeastern Association of Fire Chiefs and has been honored as the 2022 SEAFC Career Fire Chief of the Year. The award puts him in the running for the national award later this year. Garber is an accomplished...

Way back on July 2, 2002, I couldn’t have imagined that I’d ever be writing about Augusta Free Press turning 20. I was just thinking that morning, as we were about to hit the publish button for the first time, about how we were going to keep the lights on, and the website that we had just launched that day didn’t figure prominently into those plans.

An Amherst man wanted on multiple larceny charges is now in custody, according to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office. Authorities say 34-year-old Jonathan Edward Tyree was arrested on Thursday in Lynchburg. The Sheriff's Office says with the help of Virginia State Police and a Lynchburg K-9 officer they were able...

STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance with locating a missing person who was last seen at his Staunton home Friday morning, July 1, 2022. 86-year-old Robert Ray Rodgers is 5′9″ and 200 lbs. A picture of him can be found...

STAUNTON — Staunton is gearing up for its annual Happy Birthday America event on July 4. According to event organizers, any lots, public or otherwise, that are part of Gypsy Hill Park and near the ball field will be limited to passes only. Hilltop at the old Lee High School may...

AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help to find a missing man. According to the sheriff’s office, 86-year-old Robert Ray Rodgers was last seen Friday morning. He left his home in Staunton on foot and was reportedly going to walk...

Chris Pierce talks a new full band album in the new year, a single release this summer, and effecting social change and healing of divisions through music. Chris plays SummerStage at the Blackburn In Staunton, VA Friday July 8.

Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Staunton using data from AAA.

STAUNTON — It was almost 11 p.m. the night of July 9, 2020, when gunshots in rapid succession rang out at the Springhill Village Apartments in Staunton. Bruce Williams Jr., 26, who lived at the apartment complex, died near the parking after being shot multiple times. Police found 15 shell casings from a .40-caliber...

Lexington, Va. (WSET) — A plan to make changes to a historic chapel is causing one group to push back. The General's Redoubt Association is trying to get the word out about changes happening to the former Lee Chapel on Washington and Lee University's Campus. President of the group,...

STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - The Veterans of Foreign Wars and other local organizations held a drive-by parade Friday morning through Staunton and Augusta County. The parade drove past nine senior care facilities to spread the Fourth of July holiday spirit. “Fourth of July means a lot to our seniors who...

STAUNTON — The Fourth of July weekend is upon us, and there's plenty going on in Staunton throughout the long weekend. Events start Saturday, so here's a brief rundown of what you can look forward to throughout the holiday weekend, and be sure to check out our previous stories below with all...

On a recent jaunt down Main Street of our “beautiful town” (from the toxic waste site bordered by Stokes on one end and the famed “Historic Afton Inn” on the other) revealed beautiful indigenous flowers, painted by a local artist, covering the oh-so-familiar vacant windows of the Afton Inn. The developer, creeping along with little bitty steps of random construction (consisting mostly of moving one pile of debris to another), hired this artist to “beautify” a potential “Walking Dead” movie set.

NATURAL BRIDGE, Va. (WFXR) — Just thirty minutes from Roanoke, right by the Blue Ridge Mountains with views of the James River, the fun at Natural Bridge State Park is more than surface deep. “It is massive and it is beautiful,” said Kim Aument, who visited the park with...

The U.S. reported over 573,000 new cases of coronavirus over the seven days ending June 28, bringing the total count to more than 85.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 1,005,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In […]

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. – A program in Lexington is helping generate wealth and promote more minority businesses opening in the area. Leaders with the “Walker Program” said it started in June of last year. The purpose of the program is to help people of color become entrepreneurs...

STAUNTON — Twelve years ago, Becky Cox began volunteering for Weekly Religious Education classes. She helped walk students from Bessie Weller and Ware elementary schools to the classes. In 2014, Staunton School Board decided to halt WRE briefly and six years ago eliminated the program from Staunton Schools over...