Gov. Robert F. McDonnell Thursday asked the Virginia Department of Transportation to focus efforts on patching thousands of potholes.

Layoffs could be on the horizon for Staunton city workers.

Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County will remain under a high wind watch through Friday afternoon.

A former Waynesboro Subway manager will spend three years in prison for stealing more than $49,000 from the sandwich shop over two years.

An outbuilding burned to the ground this morning in Mint Spring.

Montrell Jones is more eager to see himself as a philanthropist than a business leader.

The Virginia Department of Education said Wednesday that school divisions may delay administering the essay portion of Standards of Learning writing tests until March 17.

VERONA – The Augusta County Board of Supervisors cleared the last major hurdle Wednesday on revenue recovery for county rescue squads, and also ended any plans for in-house reassessments.

Not even a head start could save the girl 33 years ago, when she escaped from the man she finally saw convicted Wednesday afternoon.

Trials set for the Waynesboro men charged with robbing two men in the 7-Eleven parking lot were postponed Wednesday.

Staunton schools consolidation presentation now available online.

Ousted Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO and President Ben Carter called Tuesday for a meeting with the organization’s membership to learn why he was fired and to find out whether board officers were chosen in December according to chamber bylaws.

The Kusan Ensemble, a dance ensemble from Ghana, West Africa, performs native music and dances Tuesday at Blue Ridge Community College in Weyers Cave.

Dust, dirt, snow and “snirt” — snowy dirt — greeted cleanup crews at two Mount Sidney rest stops this week that are being cleaned and reopened after a seven-month closure.

A Waynesboro man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Waynesboro Circuit Court to manufacturing marijuana in a specially designed cultivation system.

Lorie Smith wants to get it straight from the citizens’ mouths.

A judge Tuesday placed a sex offender on three years’ probation for being caught on school grounds in Staunton.

A Staunton business is offering a $1,000 reward for information regarding graffiti found late last week at about 10 city locations.

A judge convicted and fined a Verona man today for a string of vending-machine break-ins.

Documents relating to Staunton school budget talks are posted online.

Waynesboro City Councilwoman Lorie Smith will host a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Waynesboro Public Library.

A group of Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce members rankled over the firing of the organization’s CEO will meet this afternoon to discuss the move at Reo Distribution Inc. in Waynesboro.

Staunton is considering closure of one of its four elementary schools as a way to help account for a potential school district budget hole of $3 million.

The Waynesboro Redevelopment and Housing Authority hopes to replenish the city of Waynesboro’s fund for upgrading a downtown pedestrian mall.

Shenandoah National Park bans outside firewood

The Waynesboro School Board took two steps Monday night designed to partially offset a budget shortfall for next year that is estimated to be at least a $2.6 million.

Judge Humes J. Franklin Jr. leaned forward and asked the same question to each of Stacy Lee Jones’ supporters Monday morning.

VERONA –  As projected, the Stuarts Draft Rescue Squad would net the most money under Augusta County’s plans for revenue recovery with its rescue squads.

WEYERS CAVE — A recent study puts a face on 56,200 Valley residents who don’t have enough to eat, a face that looks much different than 10 years ago, food bank officials said Monday.

Before tonight’s budget hearing, catch up on information presented Feb. 11 during the regular meeting of the Waynesboro School Board.