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Moorefield High School community mourning loss of Gary Foster
MOOREFIELD, Wv. (WHSV) - The Moorefield and Petersburg communities are in mourning after two young men were killed in a car crash back on April 16. 23-year-old Jaron Rowland and 17-year-old Gary Foster, a Moorefield High School student were both killed when their vehicles collided. Now the Moorefield High School...
Sheriff’s Office investigating vehicle break-ins
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office is asking the community for information about a string of late-night vehicle break-ins earlier this week in the Belmont subdivision, west of Harrisonburg. Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson told Rocktown Now that the burglaries likely happened between 11 p.m....
Defense seeks venue change in Lawrence Puffenbarger case
FRANKLIN, Wv. (WHSV) - The man accused of sexually abusing multiple children in Franklin, West Virginia was back in court on Thursday for a status hearing. 61-year-old Lawrence Puffenbarger, known as ‘Grasshopper’ by many in the community, faces seven charges of first-degree sexual abuse. In Pendleton County Circuit...
Woman dies after crash in Greensboro on off-ramp to I-40 East, Mount Hope Church Road, police say
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A Virginia woman died after a crash in Greensboro on Wednesday afternoon, according to a Greensboro Police Department news release. At 4:22 p.m., Greensboro police, Greensboro firefighters and Guilford County EMS officials responded to the off-ramp of Interstate-40 East to Mount Hope Church Road when they were told about a crash […]
Route 259 bridge to be renamed in honor of Vietnam soldier
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — The newly-renovated Route 259 bridge in northern Broadway has been renamed to honor a Rockingham County soldier who died in Vietnam. The Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed that the bridge on West Lee Street, near Hillyard Middle School, will now be known as the William M. Pangle Bridge.
United Way awards grants to six organizations
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) -United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County awarded its Community Impact Grant to six organizations. Executive Director Amanda Leech said United Way was specifically looking at organizations that provide important services to the ALICE population. ALICE stands for Asset, Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. Leech said the ALICE...
Freeze Warning again tonight
…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for the early hours of Tuesday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 31 expected. Areas included in the warning at Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Page Counties. In West Virginia, Hampshire and Hardy Counties. The warning is from 2 a.m. until 8 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Central Shenandoah Health District holding in-school vaccination clinics
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — The Central Shenandoah Health District will be holding in-school vaccine clinics for rising 7th and 12th graders in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County over the next two weeks. Vaccines that will be available are HPV, Meningococcal ACWY, and Tdap. The Code of Virginia requires...
Man charged after crashing into Timberville Hardee's
TIMBERVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - A Broadway man has been charged with reckless driving after crashing his vehicle into the Timberville Hardee’s early Monday morning. Timberville Police say it happened around 6:49 a.m. The vehicle was leaving the drive through when the driver lost control, struck a parked vehicle, and...
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