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The board voted unanimously to renew Richards’ contract at Tuesday night’s work session, which will keep the Superintendent on through 2028.

According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, a sergeant with the sheriff’s department conducted a traffic stop Monday on Caleb Walker. Upon checking Walker’s information, it was found that he had an outstanding Felony Warrant out of another jurisdiction.

Council member Chris Jones is projected to have the least votes of all the candidates, ruling him out as the Democratic candidate for City Council in the November General Election.

Cubbage reported on the department’s Facebook page that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed yesterday that the remains were positively identified as Joshua Dee Bradford.

Chief Jeremy Holloway reports that the call came in shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon in the 9,300 block of Red Top Court.

Sergeant Brent Coffey stated in an email to Rocktown Now that State Police investigators are looking into the town’s financial situation but had no further information.

Most of the funds will be allocated towards the centennial Furious Flower conference, scheduled for September.

The goal is to identify the healthcare needs in areas that face barriers when accessing care, as well as to build the relationship between the local health district and local health providers with rural populations.

An investigation determined that the call came from a prison in Clio, Alabama. 

Polls will open at 6 a.m. and in the city of Harrisonburg, Voter Registrar Mark Finks says it is a dual primary.