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Old Booths, Big Breakfasts, And Friendly Faces Keep Staunton Coming Back To Mrs. Rowe’s Rival, The Beverley

Some restaurants announce themselves with neon signs and billboards. Others sit quietly along a busy street in Staunton, Virginia, and let the drive-through line do the talking. This story is about one of the quiet ones. It is a small, independent kitchen where every order is cooked fresh, and the...

Staunton, VA · 5d
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Augusta County builder guilty after taking $600k for unfinished homes

VERONA — A local businesswoman who charged two clients more than $600,000 to build homes that were never completed has been convicted of two felony charges. On Nov. 10, in Augusta County Circuit Court, Judge Shannon Sherrill found Amy J. Argenbright, 46, guilty of two counts of construction fraud. A two-day bench trial was held Oct. 20-21, but the judge said he needed additional time to sift through the evidence. Following the guilty verdicts, sentencing was set for next year. Argenbright, of A & Co, was involved in stalled construction projects for two new homes, evidence showed. Augusta County Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Caleb Kramer said she accepted payments for construction costs but said some of the money she received did not go toward the homes. In one instance, he said a $50,000 payment sought by Argenbright that was supposed to go toward one of the homes was instead partially used by her to pay off more than $19,000 on a delinquent mortgage she had through First Bank & Trust. A loan officer testified it was seven months in arrears. Defense attorney Thomas Weidner IV, who argued during Argenbright’s October trial that the case should have been a civil matter, said

Augusta County, VA · 2d

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Buffalo Gap comes in third place for T-Mobile 5G Lights competition

AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — The story of Buffalo Gap High School’s national battle to win T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights competition is now complete. With over 165-thousand votes, the Bison came in third place in the final round of the contest. Midwest Champion Menasha High...

Augusta County, VA · 2d
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Tyree Scott takes Rollos BBQ from food truck to Craigsville shop

Cooking is just a family thing for Tyree Scott. He began when he was young, but no one else in the family ever tried making a business out of it. Scott decided to see if he could. A full-time traveling phlebotomist, Scott began looking at opening a food truck in early 2026. He found a setup in Waynesboro that he liked and, in March, opened up shop. At first he kept his full-time job, but eventually the food truck was operating four days a week and it was a lot of work and that became his full-time job. His phlebotomy job took him south as far as Wytheville and north as far as Manassas and many points in between. He did that for five years. The food truck was a lot less travel and it gave him a chance to pursue his passion. On Wednesday, Nov. 11 Scott was at AutoZone in Verona. That has proven to be a good location, with customers asking about the food more than an hour before it would be ready. Rollos offers pulled pork sandwiches, chicken leg quarters, hamburgers and cheeseburgers, as well as sides of mac and cheese, green beans and barbecue beans.

Craigsville, VA · 3d

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Medical cannabis dispensary opens in Staunton

The Shenandoah Valley's second medical marijuana dispensary has opened in Staunton. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi paid them a visit and filed this report. The AYR Cannabis Dispensary Staunton is celebrating their grand opening just in time for the high demand they expect for "Green Wednesday," the unofficial weed-buying holiday a day before Thanksgiving's turkey feasts and smoky "cousin walks."

Staunton, VA · 2d

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Buffalo Gap football sweeps Shenandoah District end-of-season honors

Buffalo Gap followed its Shenandoah District football championship by sweeping the district’s top individual honors. Senior Cooper Reed was named offensive player of the year, senior Caleb Deaver was selected as defensive player of the year and Brad Wygant was named coach of the year. Reed also earned first-team all-purpose honors on offense and defense. Deaver was a first-team linebacker and a second-team offensive lineman. Buffalo Gap also had senior Carson Townsend selected to the first-team offensive line and junior Garrett Seldomridge named the first-team center. Senior Ace Long was a first-team defensive lineman. Stuarts Draft sophomore Jake Yow was the first-team quarterback and also earned first-team honors at defensive back. Alleghany junior Buddy Leisure-White, Fort Defiance senior Jimmy Pruiksma and Riverheads senior Jackson Fitzgerald were the first-team running backs. Pruiksma also was the first-team kick returner, while Fitzgerald earned first-team honors at defensive back. Stuarts Draft junior Zakarre Hymes-Williams, Staunton junior Luc Geffrard and Wilson Memorial junior Nolan Deaver were the first-team wide receivers. Riverheads senior Trevor Lima earned first-team honors at tight end and linebacker. Fort Defiance senior Diego Gutierrez Torres, Stuarts Draft senior Stephen Mikell and Riverheads senior Mekhi Meadows joined Townsend on the first-team offensive line.

Swoope, VA · 2d

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City of Staunton announces Thanksgiving schedule

STAUNTON, VA (Rocktown Now) — The schedules for City of Staunton offices and facilities will be modified in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and Friday, November 26th and 27th. The City of Staunton’s administrative offices will be closed Thursday and Friday and regular hours will resume on...

Staunton, VA · 2d

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You Can Still Get Carhop Service At This Virginia Drive-In That Feels Frozen In The 1950s

There are restaurants that call themselves classics, and then there’s Wright’s Dairy-Rite in Staunton, Virginia, a place that doesn’t need to call itself anything because the evidence is right there in the parking lot. Someone is walking out to your car to take your order, and that...

Staunton, VA · 3d

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Fitzgerald leads Riverheads; Fort gets first playoff win in 23 years

Jackson Fitzgerald ran for 156 yards and three touchdowns in Riverheads' 41-6 win over Luray in the Region 1B quarterfinals on Friday, Nov. 13. No. 2 Riverheads will host No. 3 Altavista on Nov. 20. Altavista beat No. 6 Surry County 47-0 to advance. Riverheads and Altavista met in Week 2 of the regular season with the Gladiators winning a thrilling 43-36 game in overtime. Against Luray, Riverheads finished the night with 341 yards on the ground and no passing yards. Sophomore Gage Hutton added 97 yards and a touchdown. Coach Ray Norcross said the Riverheads offensive line played really well, opening holes that the running backs ran through. Riverheads' defense kept Luray to the one late score and 187 yards, all on the ground. Luray was 1-for-7 passing but for zero yards. "They have a dream," Norcross said of his team. "Step two is next week." Norcross said he won't be satisfied until they get to where they want to be. Ultimately that's a state championship, but the coach has been doing this long enough to know that you take it one week at a time. "We have to play whoever next week," he said. "We don't worry about

Staunton, VA · 1d

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Broadway Improves to 11-0, Turner Ashby Explodes for 55 in First-Round Wins

HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – The Broadway Gobblers held off the Wilson Memorial Hornets 33 to 13 in Region 3C quarterfinals in Broadway on Friday night. The Hornets scored first on a Maddox Woods 28-yard field goal before the Gobblers got a 56-yard touchdown run by Brendan Glovier and a 55-yard touchdown pass from Glovier to Kaden Rhodes to take a 13 to 3 lead. Wilson would pull within 7 when they blocked a punt in the end zone to make the score 20 to 13 in the second half, but the Hornets would get no closer. Glovier finished with two rushing touchdowns and one passing touchdown, while Jay Suters added two rushing touchdowns on the night. Broadway stays unbeaten at 11-0 on the season and will host the Region 3C semifinals next Friday.

Bridgewater, VA · 1d

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The Largest Public Camera Museum In America Is Hiding In Virginia With Over 7,000 Cameras

Nobody warned you about this, and honestly, that’s part of the problem. Tucked into the heart of downtown Staunton, Virginia, the Camera Heritage Museum is sitting on more than 7,000 cameras and the title of largest public camera museum in America, and most people have absolutely no idea it’s there.

Staunton, VA · 3d

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Fort Defiance football celebrates historic playoff win 24 years in the making

FORT DEFIANCE — The last time Fort Defiance football played a home playoff game, Dale Spitzer was the head coach and Vic Spotts was the defensive coordinator of a unit that gave up an average of 6.2 points a game through 12 contests. That was 2002. The group was nicknamed the "vulture defense." Spotts came up with the name, telling a reporter that 30 years earlier, in college, he petitioned the school to let the team be called the Vultures. He reasoned there were teams named after eagles and cardinals and blue jays, why not vultures? The school turned him down. "For 30 years I've carried that frustration of why not the vultures," Spotts said at the time. On Friday, Nov. 13, 24 years after Spots' vultures shut out Spotswood 38-0 to win a regional championship, the Fort Defiance defense did Spotts proud. It held Central of Woodstock to just a field goal — a curious decision by the Falcons (see, another bird name) to kick instead of go for it on fourth down late in the game trailing by three touchdowns — in a 21-3 win. The game marked the first home playoff football game for Fort Defiance since

Fort Defiance, VA · 1d