Text sign showing Phone Scam. Conceptual photo getting unwanted calls to promote products or service Telesales Man holding marker notebook crumpled papers ripped pages mistakes made
Local
7 months ago
WPD makes statement on phone scam reports

The WPD does not accept payment to resolve or issue warrants based on failure to meet financial demands.

Sign warning of road work ahead
Local
7 months ago
HPD issues warning to drivers to pay attention ahead of paving season

Sergeant Wayne Westfall says drivers should be patient when approaching work zones and pay close attention to signs and crews that are concentrating on the task at hand.

Students and families participating in a bike ‘bus’ to Keister Elementary for Bike & Roll to School Day in May 2024.
Community
7 months ago
Harrisonburg to celebrate National Bike & Roll to School Day on May 7

The event raises awareness of the need to create safer routes for bicycling, walking or rolling to school campuses

Mayor Deanna Reed speaking with supporters in the background
Local
7 months ago
Supporters of “Virginia Right to Contraception Act” gather in Harrisonburg

If signed, the bill would codify the right to use FDA-approved forms of contraception.

A Sheetz wrapped Jeep truck in front of the new Sheetz building in Mount Crawford with a crowd.
Local
7 months ago
Sheetz opens in Mount Crawford

The new gas station and convenience store is located just off Interstate 81 at exit 240 and presented two different $2500 checks to local partners.

A hand on a quilt
Community
7 months ago
Virginia Quilt Museum opens in Dayton

The Virginia Quilt Museum, originally located in Harrisonburg, has moved to a new location in Rockingham County.

Police Lights
Crime & Safety
7 months ago
JMU professor arrested for alleged child porn possession

According to online records, JMU Associate Professor of Latin American and Caribbean studies, William Chisholm Van Norman of Charlottesville was arrested Tuesday and with one count Possession of Child Pornography and two counts of Second or Subsequent Violation of Possession of Child Pornography.

Local
7 months ago
James Madison selected to host 2027 Sun Belt Softball Tournament

The Sun Belt Conference Softball Championship will be hosted by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2026 and James Madison University in 2027, the conference office announced Wednesday.

Harrisonburg-Rockingham Emergency Communications Center logo
Local
7 months ago
HRECC to deactivate Facebook May 1

According to an online post, the deactivation is part of their commitment to enhancing cybersecurity and ensuring that their focus remains on delivering uninterrupted, high-quality service to communities and public safety partners.

Camp L.I.T. participants with instructors (from left) Firefighter Kellie Sacksteder, Firefighter Leslie Pullen and Firefighter Bell Eyles
Community
7 months ago
Spots still available in HFD’s all-girls fire camp

Annual Camp L.I.T. program helps empower tomorrow’s leaders