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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....
Summertime heat to arrive Sunday
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - While the end of the week will continue to feel cool, big changes are on the way for the region. Clouds and some light showers Saturday will give way to sunshine and summer-like warmth Sunday behind a warm front, making the final days of April suddenly feeling like mid June.
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 […]
More Shenandoah Valley residents are experiencing homelessness
The latest point-in-time results come as home prices and rents skyrocket in the region. The number of people experiencing homelessness in the upper Shenandoah Valley increased between 2023 and 2024, according to newly released data. The results of a January count came at an April 11 event by the Western...
James Madison University receives largest cash gift in school’s history
HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — A recent donation to James Madison University has set a record as the largest cash gift the school has ever received. JMU is announcing that a six-million-dollar contribution from the estate of Colonel Frances Weir, a 1949 graduate, will be used to set up a scholarship fund for good students in financial need. It will provide up to $240,000 dollars in scholarships every year.
Delays in case for Harrisonburg man charged in shooting
HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — The Harrisonburg man charged in connection with a shooting outside city limits will spend two more months in jail awaiting his first court appearance. Online records show that a hearing for Alfred Dale Eppard that was originally set for this morning was continued until...
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.
GoFundMe open for Harrisonburg City School nurse
HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — A fire earlier this month destroyed the local home of Marvin and Angela Knupp. Now, a friend and co-worker of Angela Knupp has organized a GoFundMe page to help the couple rebuild. The goal is to raise $20,000 dollars. Angela Knupp is the school...
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine calls on Google and Meta to remove videos of murders
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - In 2015, JMU alum and former WDBJ news reporter Alison Parker and her photojournalist Adam Ward were tragically killed on live television. The people who watched the events unfold in real-time will not be able to unsee it, but the video recordings of the murder can still be found on the internet.
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