Waynesboro police arrested a 44-year-old city man Thursday morning on assault and firearm charges.

Young actors from Staunton and Waynesboro will perform “The Diary of Anne Frank’’ this weekend at Kate Collins Middle School.

More than 27,700 Central Virginians received food and assistance from the Charlottesville-based Thomas Jefferson Area Food Bank in 2009, even though nearly two-thirds of households served had at least one person employed, according to a survey conducted by a national food bank organization.

VERONA – The Augusta County School Board was urged Thursday to take their time on finding a successor to retiring Superintendent Gary McQuain, and also to seek a superintendent who would be conservative in personality and stress the basics of instruction.

VERONA – Augusta County School Board members were told Thursday they are looking at a $5.3-million gap in expenditures and revenues in the 2010-11 budget — and that is prior to the latest proposed state cuts.

Church group continues daunting task of Haitian earthquake relief efforts

Unemployment rose slightly across the region in December, according to statistics released Thursday by the Virginia Employment Commission.

Staunton schools officials will hear a recommendation from a community-wide committee regarding schools consolidation.

Due to the inclement weather the Bookerdale Road Bridge is now scheduled to open on March 15, according to the Waynesboro city Web site.

Fewer airline crashes occurred around the world in 2009 than during the previous year, but deaths were up, an industry group said today.

President Barack Obama’s day covers both national and international concerns.

Eateries suffer as customers tighten their purse strings

More than half-way through the 2010 fiscal year, the city of Waynesboro faces a modest estimated shortfall of $183,319, the city’s finance director told the City Council in a work session Wednesday.

STAUNTON — Attorneys agreed to drop all but one charge against a Churchville man Wednesday, provided he agree to testify during the trials of his co-defendants in an abuse case in May.

Gov. Robert F. McDonnell on Wednesday revealed his intentions to close and sell Virginia’s last acute inpatient child psychiatric hospital — the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents in Staunton — among his budget reduction plans.

Area schools superintendents were digesting news Wednesday of Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s proposed $731 million in additional cuts to K-12 education for the next two years, but said the news from McDonnell can’t be positive.

A U.S. Naval Academy professor emeritus will speak at the sixth annual symposium of The Lincoln Society of Virginia at Bridgewater College.

An Augusta County prosecutor dropped 12 of 13 charges against a Churchville man in an abuse case in court today.

The Virginia Department of Transportation announced today it has reopened four rest stops on Interstate 81 .

Vice President Joe Biden asserted in an interview today that taxpayers have “gotten their money’s worth” out of the $787 billion stimulus program that Congress passed during the depths of the recession.

The New York Times is looking into the work of one its reporters following accusations that he plagiarized from The Wall Street Journal and other sources.

Madeleine Snyder planned ahead, but it made no difference.

Federal money approved by Obama for snow cleanup

Kate Collins Middle School sixth-grader Grace Terry proved a savvy speller in capturing this year’s Waynesboro Schools Spelling Bee on Tuesday night at Westwood Hills Elementary.

STEELES TAVERN – Leading up to the seizure of more than two-dozen emaciated horses from a Staunton farm, Augusta County authorities checked the animals monthly and found they’d been fed, a county official said Tuesday.

President Obama has granted a request for federal assistance to several Virginia localities including Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County.

The Waynesboro City Council work session has been moved and an agenda published.

Wynne DiGrassie of Mountain View Equine Hospital in Steeles Tavern describes horse malnourishment.

Legislation requiring online retailers to collect Virginia’s 4.5 percent sales tax easily cleared the Virginia Senate this morning.

Registration for Camp Summer Fun begins Monday for children who currently enrolled in LATCH and to the general public March 1.