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The pitching duet of Kirsten Fleet and Payton List took care of business again, as the two shut down the Panthers offense while the Dukes’ bats powered past Georgia State by a score of 6-2 in game one and 8-1 in the series finale on Saturday at the Bob E. Heck Softball Complex.

Scoring seven runs across the final two innings, Georgia State pushed past James Madison late, 11-5, in Sun Belt Conference baseball on Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park.

The exhibition is free to the public and will show on the lower level of the John Kenny Forrer Learning Commons during the hours that the building is open to the public.

Students from three Staunton City schools are set to release Brook Trout into local waterways this month, marking the culmination of their participation in the Trout in the Classroom program. 

James Madison softball put up four doubles totaling five runs and 11 hits as it defeats Georgia State by a score of 5-2, to earn its first road and Sun Belt Conference game of the 2025 campaign on Friday afternoon at the Bob Heck Softball Complex.

Georgia State limited James Madison baseball to just three hits, as the Dukes fell, 10-0, in seven innings due to the run rule on Friday night at Veterans Memorial Park in Sun Belt Conference action.

The Sears Hill Bridge closed in August of 2024 for repairs and renovations. City officials say the repairs were made using black locust lumber, a historically appropriate, rot-resistant material. 

Harrisonburg Roller Derby, Rocktown Rollers, will compete against Chemical Valley from Huntington, WV tomorrow, Saturday, April 5, 2025, at Funky’s Skate Center.

The program is to promote the removal of the non-native, invasive tree threatening local ecosystems.

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is now full implementing the Body Worn Camera Project. Beginning April 1, 2025, members of the community will begin seeing deputies equipped with body worn cameras during their daily duties.