Staunton News

The 20-year-old outlaw - drunk and spoiling to fight the man who had sent him to jail several months earlier - shot and killed Conrad Boyd in a Fordwick brawl.

Reba Peyton, 94, widow of Oscar Moten Peyton, of 16856 Redbrush Road, formerly of Staunton, died Thursday, May 31, 2012, in Journey's Crossings.

Persistence doesn't always pay. A Staunton man was charged with theft, processed at the jail and released, and then arrested again four hours later Thursday night.

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Staunton police are seeking this man in connection with a burglary in March of LJ Sales and Service on Greenville Avenue.

At least, that's what 20-year-old Frank Sprouse thought of himself, and in the summer of 1906, this self-proclaimed "Jesse James" came as close to snagging the title as anyone.

The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge will give $175,000 in competitive community grants to 25 organizations serving the cities of Staunton and Waynesboro, and the counties of Augusta and Nelson.

A dark jail cell. A prisoner huddled on his bunk. The echoing sound of approaching feet.

The city police pepartment is asking the public's assistance in identifying a suspect in a burglary that occurred in March at LJ Sales and Service on Greenville Avenue.

United States Attorney Timothy J. Heaphy drew a line in the sand Thursday on the legality of selling bath salts, and said store owners who choose to offer the synthetic drug risk the wrath of federal authorities.

A house at 654 W. Frederick St., Staunton, serves as a transitional residence for patients leaving Western State Hospital.

The American College of the Building Arts received 4,000 volumes of rare books, journals and other literary works related to the building and decorative arts from craftsman Richard O. Byrne of Staunton, Virginia this spring.

The most recent state inspections of assisted-living facilities in the area showed that several violated training and record-keeping regulations, and at least one Stuarts Draft facility lacked activities and service plans for residents, according to state reports.

The city has ramped up work on storm drains and pipes over the past two years and now expects to keep doing about $300,000 to $400,000 worth of new projects a year, City Manager Steve Owen says.

Originally from China, artist Jinsheng Song of Florida passes the time by working on a painting as he mans his vendor tent during the 2010 Art in the Park held at Gypsy Hill Park in Staunton .

It happens just about as suddenly and as likely to happen, you just don't know until it happens," said Goodwin on getting the news.

In Harrisonburg, there were more violent crime incidents in 2011. In particular, there were more forcible rape cases and burglaries.

A Staunton man has been accused of trying to pay a teenager for sex. Police Wednesday announced the arrest of 50-year-old Charles Stephen Trimble.

It was supposed to be a two-day trial with about 25 witnesses prepared to take the stand.

He was born in Princeton, W.Va., on Nov. 30, 1923, and was the devoted son of the late Troy Dow and India Thomas.