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Crime & Safety
6 days ago
“Shopping Cart Killer” sentencing continued until December

The sentencing hearing for Anthony Eugene Robinson has been continued until December 23, 2025, in Rockingham Circuit Court.

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Crime & Safety
6 days ago
Former RCPS teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing student

According to online records, John Rose IV pleaded guilty to four counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor during a hearing Tuesday in Bedford County Circuit Court.

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Local
6 days ago
How to make Rocktown Now your preferred news source on Google (step-by-step)

Google now lets you pick favorite news sites, so their stories show up more often in Top stories and a “From your sources” section. Here’s the fastest way to add Rocktown Now.

Local
6 days ago
Roadwork could cause delays in Harrisonburg Thursday night

Public Works has announced construction will take place overnight from the intersection of North High Street and West Wolfe Street to the intersection of Virginia Avenue and Mount Clinton Pike.

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Crime & Safety
6 days ago
Verona man arrested for allegedly attacking a moving vehicle

Staunton Police Sergeant Christopher Ammons reported that Camden Gage Meade of Verona allegedly threw an object at a vehicle as it traveled on Statler Boulevard on Sunday.

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Local
6 days ago
Staunton restaurant named in NYT’s “50 best places to eat in America”

The publication’s 2025 “Restaurant List” features “Maude and the Bear,” a restaurant and inn housed in a 1926-era Montgomery Ward “Kit House” in Staunton.

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Local
7 days ago
Harrisonburg City School Board presented Emergency Action Plan

The phases of EAP were presented, including the current on-going phase.

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Local
1 week ago
ACFR helps with rescue at St. Mary’s Wilderness

Augusta County Emergency Communications Center dispatched multiple units on Saturday to a woman who had suffered an injury.

Crime & Safety
1 week ago
Waynesboro man allegedly involved in fatal hit and run to remain in jail

The Waynesboro man accused in the fatal hit and run crash over the weekend in Augusta County will remain in jail for the time being.

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Crime & Safety
1 week ago
VSP investigating fatal hit and run on Stuarts Draft Highway

Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal hit and run crash that occurred Sunday night at approximately 9 p.m. on Stuarts Draft Highway.