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Sports
2 years ago
Bridgewater Women’s Basketball begins season with 58-31 win over Mary Washington

HARRISONBURG, Va. (BC Athletics) – The Bridgewater College women’s basketball team opened the season […]

Sports
2 years ago
EMU Women’s Basketball drops season opener to Notre Dame (Md.)

HARRISONBURG, Va. (EMU Athletics) – Friday marked the dawn of a new season for […]

Local
2 years ago
Harrisonburg teen accused of tossing firework into crowd reaches plea deal

According to online records, Grayson Hall Smith entered an Alford Plea on a charge of malicious assault during a hearing Friday in Rockingham County Circuit Court.

Local
2 years ago
United Way SAW halts operations, citing expenses

The announcement was made Thursday in a press release, stating the board will work with the United Way Worldwide and local United Way affiliates to determine the best path forward.

Local
2 years ago
Page County man found guilty of assaulting woman on Mary Baldwin campus

After a three-day trial, a Staunton Circuit Court jury convicted Alex Paxton of Shenandoah Friday morning on a charge of strangulation while acquitting him on the rape and abduction by force charges.

Local
2 years ago
VDOT plans to extend I-81 merging lanes around rest areas in Augusta County

In a video promoting the Virginia Department of Transportation’s “Improve 81” initiative, Spokesman Ken Slack says that road crews plan to extend merging lanes around the rest areas in Mount Sidney, giving drivers more time to reach interstate speeds before entering or exiting I-81.

Salvation Army Lieutenant Doug Ingold speaks at the kickoff event for the annual Red Kettle Campaign.
Local
2 years ago
Salvation Army begins Red Kettle Campaign for 2024 holiday season

Lieutenant Douglas Ingold told host Jim Britt on WSVA’s Early Mornings Friday that there has been an increase over the past year in the number of success stories of those helped by the local Salvation Army Corps.

A headshot photo of Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson
Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Rocktown Now Crime Report – November 8, 2024

In this week’s Rocktown Now Crime Report, Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson goes over arrest and jail numbers from the past couple of weeks. He also explains the department’s drug takeback program in response to a viewer’s question of the week.

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Crime & Safety
2 years ago
Harrisonburg Police Department seeks to hire Mental Health Co-responders

HARRISONBURG, VA (Rocktown Now) — The Harrisonburg Police Department (HPD) is adding two mental […]

Obituaries
2 years ago
Charlotte Ellen French

She loved fiercely, she spoke bravely, and she unabashedly spread kindness and adventure into […]