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Sports
2 years ago
James Madison/Arkansas State baseball opener suspended due to weather

HARRISONBURG, Va. (JMU Athletics) – James Madison baseball’s series opener on Friday night against […]

Sports
2 years ago
BC Softball drops ODAC Tournament opener Friday

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Bridgewater College softball team dropped its opening game of […]

Local
2 years ago
Work on South Main Street in Harrisonburg planned through May

According to Harrisonburg Public Works, ramp, sidewalk and concrete improvements are starting today at South Main Street and the Grattan Street cut-through – near the city’s World War I memorial.

Community
2 years ago
Augusta County School Board to continue summer four-day work week option

Dr. Kelly Troxell, Augusta County Schools’ Personnel Director, told the board this has been a popular move for quite some time.

Local
2 years ago
RHSPCA to run benefit jewelry auction

The Rockingham-Harrisonburg SPCA is accepting online bids for this jewelry, art, home goods, gift certificates and other items through 7 p.m. on May 7.

A headshot photo of Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Rocktown Now Crime Report – May 3, 2024

Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson has a roundup of this week’s arrests, calls and other activity by the Sheriff’s Office, and talks about anonymous reporting service, Crime Stoppers. If you have a question for Sheriff Hutcheson, send it to news@rocktownnow.com.

Local
2 years ago
Harrisonburg adds electric school buses to fleet

The process has been in the works since 2021 when the Virginia Environmental Quality Department put up a $9.25 million grant to Virginia properties for electric school buses.

Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Harrisonburg man found guilty of trespassing at Broadway High School

David Rudmin, 42, was arrested after showing up at the school in January displaying anti-LGBTQ+ signs, which he argued was a form of religious expression, in response to a recent student protest at the school.

Entertainment
2 years ago
Chief Charlie’s Kids Fishing Day May 4

GROTTOES, VA (Rocktown Now) — The town of Grottoes will be hosting a Kids […]

Sports
2 years ago
JMU Softball drops series opener to Coastal Carolina, 8-7

HARRISONBURG, Va. (JMU Athletics) – Senior Alissa Humphrey tallied her 500th career strikeout, but […]