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Waynesboro: Teen held on charges related to shooting at Sunset Park
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (187+ words) An 18-year-old is in custody following a report of shots fired into an occupied vehicle made on Wednesday night at Sunset Park in Waynesboro. Isiah D. Crawford, 18, is alleged to have fired at the occupied car while bystanders were present at…...
Waynesboro Police had to track down a threat to the Westwood Hills community
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (343+ words) As if the Westwood Hills community needs to worry about anything else, some clown from Harrisonburg, over the weekend, made a threat to the school that is still sorting things out from last week’s shooting that our police department had…...
AG's office gets racist former campground owner to pay out jury verdict
1+ week, 1+ day ago (387+ words) Two families who were evicted from a Smith Mountain Lake campground in 2020 after the campground’s owner found out that one of the campers in their group is Black have finally collected on the $750,000 verdict awarded to them by a jury…...
Westwood Hills parents demand meeting, as details of shooting emerge
1+ week, 2+ day ago (626+ words) A group of parents of students at Westwood Hills Elementary School has launched a petition on Change.org to request a meeting with Waynesboro Public Schools administration regarding safety issues at the school, as we’re learning troubling details about just…...
Waynesboro Police release new information on Westwood Hills shooting
1+ week, 2+ day ago (317+ words) Waynesboro Police released new information on the shooting at Westwood Hills Elementary School on Wednesday, which, based on what we have come to know, we’re fortunate didn’t end up becoming a mass casualty incident on the order of Sandy Hook…...
Augusta County: Fight escalates in grocery store parking lot, leads to shots fired
1+ week, 4+ day ago (198+ words) A fight in an Augusta County parking lot escalated this afternoon, and there were reports that a person had been shot. The initial report, however, turned out to be false, according to a release from the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office....
Waynesboro: Everything we know at this point about the Westwood Hills shooting
1+ week, 4+ day ago (874+ words) A 19-year-old listed as being from Waynesboro, but not a current student of Waynesboro Public Schools, never attended Waynesboro High School, from what we’ve been told, forced his way into Westwood Hills Elementary School early Wednesday morning, shooting an adult…...
Breaking news: Major police presence at Westwood Hills Elementary School
1+ week, 5+ day ago (145+ words) There is a major police presence at Westwood Hills Elementary School in Waynesboro. At this time, details are scarce. However, there are unconfirmed reports that there is an active shooter at the school. There are numerous police vehicles and ambulances…...
Harrisonburg: Teen shot, two others arrested, in B&E on Vine Street
1+ week, 5+ day ago (264+ words) A 19-year-old is in the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, a juvenile is in custody on breaking and entering charges, and an 18-year-old is in custody on drug charges, related to an incident involving multiple gunshots heard in the 200 block…...
Aware Foundation highlighting Samantha Clarke cold case
1+ week, 5+ day ago (221+ words) Samantha Clarke was 19 when she left her home in Orange on the evening of Sept. 13, 2010, not to be seen again by her family. The Aware Foundation is working to bring attention to her case, in hopes that what happened to…...