Fishersville News

Mary Allen Arehart, 88, widow of John Preston Arehart Sr., died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Augusta Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville.

A s the residents of Fishersville learned last year, volunteer fire departments need funding and community support to work well.

Michael Salvatore Paduano, 60, husband of Nora Paduano of 413 Cattle Scales Road, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, Feb.

Dozens of students, parents, teachers and administrators filled the seats for Wednesday's Board of Supervisors meeting urging county government leaders to maintain the county's education programs.

Augusta County says you can't put a price tag on the impact of a planned medical college in Fishersville.

Homeowners in Augusta County should expect to see lower home insurance rates soon.

It's one evening of the year when just about all of us look to the skies in the Central... STAUNTON - Mary Baldwin College will build a facility for its new graduate programs in health sciences on a site near Goose Creek Road in Fishersville.

Mrs. Null was born July 3, 1916, in Salem, the daughter of the late Harvey George Perry and Ella Gillespie McNeil.

Investigator Paul McCormick of the Augusta County Sheriff's Office said the alleged incident took place about two years ago and involved a 10-year-old boy.

When asked what the schools needed, Augusta County Schools Superintendent Chuck Bishop answered the board of supervisors plainly: $5.4 million.

Both drivers were injured and one, a 59-year-old Fishersville woman, was flown to the University of Virginia Medical Center with life threatening injuries.

Staunton/Augusta GED Chief Examiner Martha Carper and Virginia GED State Examiner Debbie Bergtholdt present Jerry Yoder with the award for the highest GED test score in Virginia for 2010.

Here's a test: Can you recycle 1. A plastic straw? 2. An empty bleach jug? 3. Aluminum foil? 4. Stapled white paper? 5. A plastic shopping bag? 6. Waxed cardboard? 7. Bottle caps? 8. A pizza box? Get Help For more information about recycling: Augusta County - www.co.augusta.va.us/Index.aspx?page=184 Staunton - 337-2857, ... (more)

A suspected shoplifter fleeing from police Wednesday night in Waynesboro was hit by a car and hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, police reported.

She was born June 25, 1952, in Staunton a daughter of the late William Daughtery and Virginia Frances Harper.

Stan and Suzy Hodge announce the engagement of their daughter, Candace Suzanne Hodge, to Jacob David Sorrells of Fishersville.

A car theft from Cattle Scales Road, outside Waynesboro, three larcenies and an instance of property destruction were the crimes recorded in Augusta County Thursday, according to Sheriff's Office reports.

Fire and rescue companies that put down blazes or tend to people injured in accidents in Augusta County answered 8,950 calls last year.

A patron walks past a new John Deere tractor on Thursday during the Virginia Farm Show at Augusta Expo in Fishersville.

Dale Hawkins, a representative for a crop insurance company, checks into the Hampton Inn in Fishersville on Wednesday night.