Staunton News

A Staunton man faces a charge of attempted capital murder after he tried to run over an investigator with the Augusta County Sheriff's Office on Friday, according to an arrest report.

Malcolm Tenney, medical examiner, leads the way from a home on Deerlick Run near West Augusta in this 2006 file photo.

Chef Ian Boden cuts cornbread Sunday. The former Staunton Grocery owner and chef took over the menu at Smoking Roosters in Staunton on Sunday for what's known as a pop-up restaurant.

Church to host Bluegrass gospel music presentation: The Mountain View Mennonite Church, 55 Love Road, will host a Bluegrass Gospel presentation featuring "David Coffey and Friends" and "Cousins 4 Christ" at 6 p.m. Feb.

The area's three local governments operate with lower overhead costs than most city and county governments in Virginia, and the county government rates near the top in how much of its budget it spends on education.

When: 5:30 p.m. Monday. The meeting begins with a dinner session to discuss the superintendent search.

Sixth-graders Jaylin Reed, Willow Hughes and Maeve Edwards work together to figure out a math problem during class Thursday at Shelburne Middle School.

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

As a good-humored artist working under the pen name Porte Crayon, David Hunter Strother visited Staunton in 1853 and immortalized the event in a book that was published in Virginia Illustrated magazine four years later.

This 2005 photo shows the building once used as the one-room Uniontown School that was renovated as a residence.

Augusta County supervisors say they're "getting killed" by the proposed state budget, and not getting the support they deserve from lawmakers.

Media outlets report that 30-year-old Michael W. Tutwiler of Mechanicsville pleaded guilty Wednesday to theft of government property and possession of a machine gun.

The Edith J. Carrier Arboretum at James Madison University is offering carriage rides for Valentine's Day.x / Courtesy of Edith J. Carrier Arboretum Local favorites Brian Holsopple and Diane Heavner will perform several sets of familiar love songs accompanied by Don Roe in a show entitled: Cupid's Best Shot.

Annexation by Staunton in the late 1980s brought hundreds of farm acres, such as Bells Lane, into the city, against residents' wishes.

A Staunton man who used his brother's identity to obtain a passport was sentenced Tuesday.

Inviting artists' application for gallery exhibitions: Staunton Augusta Art Center invites artists working in all mediums, including fine crafts, to submit application for major gallery exhibitions to be scheduled in the Staunton Augusta Art Center galleries in 2013-15. Applications may be made by individuals for solo exhibitions or by curators or ... (more)

With a dozen roses in hand for what he thought would be a sexual tryst with a 14-year-old Staunton girl, Corey P. Horn of Richmond walked out of Martin's Food Market last March and was promptly arrested by Staunton police.

A former Army National Guard soldier who reportedly dealt stolen military equipment to several Staunton police officers is scheduled to plead guilty today in the United States Western District Court in Charlottesville, records show.

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

Brian Eric Wrenn, 26, of 18 Vista View Lane died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at the University of Virginia Medical Center.