March 26, 2008
I-64 closed as police search for possible sniper
3:42 a.m. At least two people were injured early Thursday morning when their vehicles were shot on Interstate 64.
Reports of shootings close I-64
3:08 a.m. Authorities are investigating reports of shootings on Interstate 64 near Crozet.
March 20, 2008
Street racing leads to fatality, looming felony charges for two men
Two Staunton men facing felony charges for an alleged late-night street race that left one passenger dead will appear before a grand jury, an Augusta County judge decided in a preliminary hearing Thursday.
Alleged gang member to be sentenced next month
Man will see judge who rejected prior request to withdraw his guilty pleas.
March 08, 2008
Trial begins for man accused of raping teen
The trial of a Waynesboro man accused of habitually raping a 15-year-old girl over a two-year period began Friday in Augusta County Circuit Court.
March 07, 2008
Adult video shop owner sent to trial
Krial faces misdemeanor and felony indictments.
Gun scare prompts high school lockdown in Winchester
10:40 a.m. Handley High School in Winchester went into lockdown for over two hours while police searched for a student said to have a gun.
March 06, 2008
Date set for obscenity trial
1:47 p.m. The obscenity case against Staunton adult video store owner Rick Krial and one of his employees, Tinsley W. Embrey, will go to trial June 17, attorneys and the presiding judge decided in circuit court hearing this morning.
Trial date to be set in Staunton obscenity case
9:50 a.m. A trial date in the obscenity case against a Staunton adult video store-owner and one of his clerks will likely be set this morning in a 10:30 am circuit court hearing.
March 05, 2008
Second teen-driver fatality
“There’s always a chance that if she was wearing her seat belt she might have survived,“ said Sgt. Michael Rossetti of the Virginia State Police.
Wilson student, 16, killed in one-car accident
11:00 a.m. A 16-year-old Fishersville girl was killed Tuesday night when her Jeep Wrangler flipped over on a narrow gravel stretch of Barren Ridge Road about one mile west of Route 250.
March 04, 2008
Wilson student, 16, killed in one-car accident
11:00 a.m. A 16-year-old Fishersville girl was killed Tuesday night when her Jeep Wrangler flipped over on a narrow gravel stretch of Barren Ridge Road about one mile west of Route 250.
March 03, 2008
Harrisonburg police say death is probably a suicide
9:23 a.m. Harrisonburg police said this morning that a body found in a 4th Street apartment Sunday around 7:30 am is probably a suicide case.
February 29, 2008
Fake money buys trouble with the law
Man allegedly made counterfeits using home computer, printer.
Phone, e-mail scams on rise
Complaints of e-mail and telemarketing scams targeting area residents have been on the rise, spiking dramatically in the last week, police said.
Waynesboro Police face depleted ranks; lowest in years
National Guard deployments, resignations, requisite training time for new officers and other factors combined in January and early February to create the Waynesboro Police Department’s biggest staffing crunch in years, police said.
February 28, 2008
New York couple killed in head-on collision on I-81
8:50 a.m. Police say a Buffalo, New York, couple died after a tractor-trailer struck their passenger van head-on on Interstate 81 in Harrisonburg.
February 26, 2008
Four life terms plus 20
Serial rapist Nathan Antonio Washington apologized Tuesday to his victims, his family and the Charlottesville community. “I didn’t mean for these things to happen the way they did,“ Washington said in Charlottesville Circuit Court, his voice breaking.
Ferrum locks campus down, searches for man with gun
Ferrum College canceled classes and went on lockdown Tuesday as police searched for a man who was seen with a gun in a residence hall, officials said.
Ferrum College locked down amid search for suspicious person
12:05 p.m. Ferrum College is on lockdown as police search for a suspicious person on campus.
Ferrum College locks down campus amid search for man with gun
12:54 p.m. Ferrum College canceled classes and went on lockdown Tuesday as police searched for a man who was seen with a gun.
February 20, 2008
Accused dealer swaps his plea
Local restaurateur reverses not-guilty plea in Federal court.
2 days after blast, Chesterfield County OKs neighbors’ return
10:49 a.m. Residents of a Chesterfield County subdivision are returning to their homes, two days after a deadly explosion rocked their neighborhood.
February 19, 2008
21-year-old woman killed in wreck was epileptic, friend says
The 21-year-old Waynesboro woman killed in a head-on collision Sunday afternoon was an epileptic whose seizures had contributed to previous accidents, a close friend said Monday.
February 18, 2008
Cause of wreck uncertain
Head-on collison kills 21-year-old, injures at least two others in Waynesboro.
February 10, 2008
Gangs go high tech
Authorities seeing rise in use of cell phones, Internet, text massaging in criminal activity
February 09, 2008
LIDAR used to catch speeders in Waynesboro
New technology employed to help deter lead-foot drivers
Tractor-trailer spills load
Produce litters highway after driver startled by deer hits guardrail, embankment
February 08, 2008
Accident snarls traffic on interstate
4:30 p.m. I-64 WRECK: The scene is now clear with temporary guardrails in place. All lanes are now open.
Morning Commute
9:20 a.m. I-64 Eastbound POLICE TO PATROL FOR ILLEGAL U-TURNS IN WRECK BACKUP
