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Tidal Wave Auto Spa Celebrates Grand Openings in Woodstock, IL, and Waynesboro, VA, With Free Washes
Top Five Conveyor Car Wash Company Expands Footprint in Illinois and Virginia. THOMASTON, GA / ACCESSWIRE / April 25, 2024 / Tidal Wave Auto Spa, one of the nation's fastest-growing express car wash companies, celebrated the grand opening of two brand-new locations on Wednesday, April 24, in Woodstock, IL and Waynesboro, VA.
Staunton passes utility rate increases, 2025 budget
STAUNTON – Staunton's water, sewer, and stormwater rates are going up. Staunton City Council unanimously approved the rate increases on Thursday night. Before the final vote on the stormwater fees, Councilor Mark Robertson stopped the votes to make a comment. ...
Free Comic Book Day 2024
HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — It’s that time of year again, it’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY time! Join The Secret Lair as they celebrate with special comic creator guests Artist Eric McConnell and Artist/Inker Marc Deering! Everyone’s favorite web-slinger Staunton Spider-Man will also be swinging on by! They will also be doing giveaways throughout the day and will be having a special Free Comic Book Day sale throughout the store! Everyone who attends can get 4 FCBD comics per person (no duplicates) for FREE and up to 10 with a $5.00 cash donation to the International Rescue Committee. IRC helps with humanitarian aid causes around the world.
Convicted killer accused in Waynesboro stabbing gets $25,000 bond
WAYNESBORO — Cleavon O. Wilson was just 15 years old when he gunned down a man on Stafford Street in Staunton in 1990. Charged as an adult, he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for murder, and also was given a five-year term for cocaine distribution out of Waynesboro, where he lived at the time after moving to the area from Brooklyn, New York. ...
One Crozet man is sharing his experience as a living kidney donor
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- One Crozet man who has been working with a doctor at UVA Health is sharing his experience of living as an organ donor, shedding light on what it's like knowing part of him may be used to help someone else. According to organdonor.gov, you can...
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.
Riverheads girls soccer, softball both pick up huge wins. The Thursday sports roundup
Riverheads girls soccer topped Stuarts Draft 3-1 Thursday. Coach Rachel Prater believes its been at least nine years since Riverheads beat Draft in varsity girls soccer. Jaden Wright, Ella Arehart and Kierstin Doyne all scored goals for the Gladiators. Mackenzie Roller recorded 16 saves in the win. This is also...
Embezzler who stole $90,000 charged with parole violation in Staunton after payments stall
STAUNTON — Linda K. Nelson was described as a "master manipulator" at her sentencing hearing several years ago in Staunton. She'd embezzled $90,000 from an elderly war veteran while he was in a nursing home and promptly gambled away the entirety of the sum. Jailed briefly following her conviction,...
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...
Ware PTA treasurer accused of misusing PTA funds
STAUNTON, Va. (WHSV) - PTA treasurer and sister accused of misusing funds from the PTA at Ware Elementary School in Staunton. Staunton City School Board Chair, Natasha McCurdy and her sister Felecia Neil are under investigation for allegedly taking money out of the Ware Elementary School PTA account. According to...
The Mystery Shack, a new buy-and-sell shop, opens in Staunton
STAUNTON — James Dean has worked in the buy-and-sell business for a number of years, working at a pawn shop in Harrisonburg. In March, he opened his own store, the Mystery Shack at 2501 N. Augusta St. in Staunton. "There's not really much like this around here," Dean said of his decision to...
Waynesboro plans for 'up to' 400 new homes on 147-acre Hopeman Parkway property
WAYNESBORO – The Waynesboro council chambers glowed with a soft yellow light on Tuesday night. The city council and planning commission came together to review a project that could change the local housing market. “We’ve been learning, over the last year specifically, about the true deficit that exists in...
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