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Waynesboro gets small, almost nothing, grant from state for school security
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (222+ words) Before you get too upset about how little Waynesboro is set to get from the 2026-27 School Security Equipment Grant program administered by the Virginia Department of Education, keep in mind, the applications would have been filed weeks ago. Which is…...
Waynesboro: Teen held on charges related to shooting at Sunset Park
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (187+ words) An 18-year-old is in custody following a report of shots fired into an occupied vehicle made on Wednesday night at Sunset Park in Waynesboro. Isiah D. Crawford, 18, is alleged to have fired at the occupied car while bystanders were present at…...
Why you're not going to see stories here on Bridgewater College going forward
4+ day, 5+ min ago (885+ words) The director of media relations at Bridgewater College commented on our AFP Facebook page a few weeks back, on a story that we’d published on the move by the Augusta County Library Board of Trustees to pre-cancel a 2027 Pride event,…...
Waynesboro Public Schools is in crisis: Making the case for a change at the top
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (1199+ words) Teachers and support staff inside the Waynesboro Public Schools system think the Waynesboro School Board is rushing to hire Ryan Barber, the current assistant superintendent, to replace Jeffrey Cassell, who has served as superintendent since 2013, before Cassell’s retirement becomes effective…...
Westwood Hills Elementary School to remain closed on Wednesday
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (138+ words) Westwood Hills Elementary School will not reopen on Wednesday, as school system officials work through determining a timeline for the school’s reopening, after a shooting at the school last week. The school system, in the Facebook post, advised parents to…...
The Boston Intersections Where Crash Reports Pile Up Fastest
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (796+ words) A crash report is a document, not an event. Counting documents and counting danger are related exercises, but they are not the same one, and in Massachusetts the distance between them is written directly into the law that requires the…...
Rockbridge County: Charlotte man dies from injuries in I-81 accident
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (166+ words) A Charlotte man died from injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County on Saturday. James Earl Phillips, 42, of Charlotte, died at the scene of the accident, at the 189 mile marker on I-81, reported at 12:24 a.m. Per a Virginia State…...
Waynesboro Police had to track down a threat to the Westwood Hills community
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (343+ words) As if the Westwood Hills community needs to worry about anything else, some clown from Harrisonburg, over the weekend, made a threat to the school that is still sorting things out from last week’s shooting that our police department had…...
Renting in Winchester, VA: A newcomer's guide to apartments, neighborhoods & getting settled
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (698+ words) Winchester sits at the top of the Shenandoah Valley, about an hour and a quarter west of Washington, and it has quietly become one of the more popular places to land west of the DC metro. Some renters arrive for…...
Waynesboro: City can't expect Mimosa Farm owner to abide by permit, if granted
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (548+ words) I’m told that police and a member of Waynesboro City Council were called out to a weekend wedding at Mimosa Farm in Waynesboro, which has been the focus of a controversial request to city leaders to codify an existing event…...