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McGaheysville woman charged with embezzlement to go before grand jury
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Rockingham County woman who was accused of embezzling money from the Cub Run Elementary School Parent Teacher Association will appear before a grand jury. Elizabeth Nicole Taylor of McGaheysville had her charge of embezzlement over a thousand dollars certified to a grand...
Fort Defiance High School 2024 graduation: Photos
HARRISONBURG — Lobsters are soft, mushy animals that live in a hard shell that doesn't expand. It was a biology lesson from an administrator who majored in biology and chemistry as an college undergraduate. Lea Dean told the Fort Defiance Class of 2024 Tuesday night that she waited tables in her 20s and it wasn't until she was a few years older that she chose education as the path to pursue. ...
Baseball Game Preview: Stuarts Draft Heads Out
The Stuarts Draft Cougars will head out on the road to square off against the Riverheads Gladiators at 3:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games. Stuarts Draft took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago,...
JMU eliminated in Sun Belt semifinals, falls 7-1 against Georgia Southern
MONTGOMERY, Al. (WHSV) - James Madison baseball must wait until Monday to learn if their season continues, after falling in the Sun Belt semifinals to Georgia Southern, 7-1. After a nearly 10-hour delay from the original start time, JMU elected to start Ryan Murphy, who was unable to record an out before being taken out after allowing four hits and three runs.
Hung Cao proved his true colors as an elitist against rural Virginians
I grew up on a dirt road on my family’s sheep and cattle farm in Highland County. It was a close-knit community where everyone looked out for one another. A real “it takes a village” kind of place. One Christmas Eve, when I was a little girl, our neighbors’ house burned down. My parents moved us into our grandparents’ house across the meadow, and our neighbors moved into ours until theirs was rebuilt.
Stuarts Draft High School 2024 graduation: Photos
HARRISONBURG — Nancy Campbell tells people she was a teacher and, the first thing many of them say is, "Bless your heart." Campbell said she has been blessed to have spent time teaching in the Stuarts Draft community, first at the high school and then the middle school. "Teachers...
Beverley Manor Middle School to close this summer
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - When school ends for the summer, students are excited to relax and play with their friends over the summer break. August is usually the time students settle back into their routines and get back to the classrooms. For students who go to Beverley Manor Middle School, the classrooms will look different when they return next school year.
ACSO fundraiser for Special Olympics begins
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - People who frequent the 7-Eleven on Jefferson Highway in Fishersville might have seen deputies in between the gas pumps on May 22. No one was getting arrested, but the deputies and Sheriff Donald Smith were pumping gas and getting donations for the Special Olympics. Special Olympics...
John E. Painter Memorial Scholarship Ride to be held in Grottoes Saturday
GROTTOES, Va. (WHSV) - On Saturday, the family of fallen Bridgewater College Police Officer John Painter is holding a fundraising event in Grottoes. The John E. Painter Memorial Scholarship Ride will raise money for a scholarship in Painter’s honor. “We’re going to do a scholarship for a high school...
Out of the emotions of artists: ‘Fine (not) Fine’ brings macabre art to SolArt Center
After trauma or loss, some individuals take up a new hobby, move or change their routine so as not to remind themselves of the trauma or loss. In SolArt Center’s first summer exhibit of 2024, “Fine (not) Fine,” three local artists put the emotions of their trauma or loss into a work of art. They created art in reaction to being misunderstood by doctors, the human responsibility for climate change and coping with the grief of a spouse’s death.
Inspectors came to Staunton pharmacies. Owners told us what happened.
STAUNTON – Mel Anderson purchased Fishersville Family Pharmacy in 2020. During the renovation, he needed to upgrade an alarm system running on 3G. Networks were upgrading to 4G, and the device would soon stop working. “If we did get robbed, which we have been robbed at that location, and...
Central Shenandoah Health District annual report highlights opioid response
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - The new director of the Central Shenandoah Health District presented the 2023 annual report at the Staunton City Council work session. The report covered several public health topics, including environmental health, emergency response and disease numbers. Health director Dr. Allison Baroco presented information on several matters, including immunizations.
Sermon on the “Mount” show coming to Harrisonburg for holiday weekend
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - A free and unique show featuring wild horses will be coming to the Rockingham County Fairgrounds Memorial Day Weekend. On May 25 and 27 Dr. Lew Sterrett will be presenting his ‘Sermon on the “Mount”' show based out of Oklahoma. Dr. Sterrett is a professional horse trainer, licensed youth and family counselor, licensed pastor and entrepreneur.
Senate candidate blasts ‘podunk local newspaper.’ Umm, Staunton is not ‘podunk.’
First, it was "whatever the hell is west of Roanoke." Now a city in the Shenandoah Valley gets smeared The post Senate candidate blasts ‘podunk local newspaper.’ Umm, Staunton is not ‘podunk.’ appeared first on Cardinal News.
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