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Sports
9 months ago
Bridgewater and EMU Men’s Soccer play to a scoreless draw

The Bridgewater College men’s soccer team worked a 0-0 tie against EMU Wednesday evening.

Sports
9 months ago
Eastern Mennonite Women’s Soccer falls at Virginia State, 4-1

EMU women’s soccer lost at Virginia State on Wednesday, 4-1.

Local
9 months ago
DC Council gives final approval to the Washington Commanders’ return to the RFK Stadium site Draft

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Commanders’ plan to return to the site of their […]

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Crime & Safety
9 months ago
“Shopping Cart Killer” sentencing continued until December

The sentencing hearing for Anthony Eugene Robinson has been continued until December 23, 2025, in Rockingham Circuit Court.

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Crime & Safety
9 months ago
Former RCPS teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing student

According to online records, John Rose IV pleaded guilty to four counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor during a hearing Tuesday in Bedford County Circuit Court.

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Local
9 months ago
How to make Rocktown Now your preferred news source on Google (step-by-step)

Google now lets you pick favorite news sites, so their stories show up more often in Top stories and a “From your sources” section. Here’s the fastest way to add Rocktown Now.

Local
9 months ago
Roadwork could cause delays in Harrisonburg Thursday night

Public Works has announced construction will take place overnight from the intersection of North High Street and West Wolfe Street to the intersection of Virginia Avenue and Mount Clinton Pike.

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Crime & Safety
9 months ago
Verona man arrested for allegedly attacking a moving vehicle

Staunton Police Sergeant Christopher Ammons reported that Camden Gage Meade of Verona allegedly threw an object at a vehicle as it traveled on Statler Boulevard on Sunday.

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Local
9 months ago
Staunton restaurant named in NYT’s “50 best places to eat in America”

The publication’s 2025 “Restaurant List” features “Maude and the Bear,” a restaurant and inn housed in a 1926-era Montgomery Ward “Kit House” in Staunton.

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Fall Guide
9 months ago
Why we love to be scared: the story behind Halloween’s frights

From the earliest ghost houses to massive theme-park events, why Halloween’s scares still thrill.