Waynesboro News

Melvin J. Almarode, Jr., 65, died peacefully at his home in Orange, Virginia, on June 10, 2013, surrounded by his loving wife, Joyce, and two dear friends, John Ransone, who introduced Mel and Joyce, and Susan Rossell, a longtime colleague who is like a sister to both of them.

The Waynesboro Police Department has arrested a local couple on drug related crimes after a traffic stop at local gas station last week.

Flash flooding Monday night led authorities to close U.S. 340 and adjacent roads north of Waynesboro in Augusta County.

Waynesboro police arrested Zaine Anthony Wells, 43, on June 16 on one felony count.

Rising water from South River and its tributaries has led to flooding on U.S. 340 north of Waynesboro in Augusta County.

He was born March 1, 1928, in Farmville, the son of the late Mayo Scott and Barbara Montgomery Nininger.

Joey Leavell bounced back from dropping out of his last Late Model race while in the lead with five laps remaining to capture Saturday night's Mark Allen Memorial Late Model event in convincing style at Eastside Speedway.

* Mile marker 205 to 208, northbound and southbound: Cleaning paved ditches. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Stephanie and Danny Lee got a call four years ago from their then 8-year-old daughter's teacher, saying she wouldn't be home following dismissal for the day.

Waynesboro's ambition to make city streets more cycle-friendly has advanced from just an idea to a project that has started rolling.

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A 53-year-old woman is in jail after attempting to elude police several times Wednesday.

A Waynesboro man was ordered to serve 17 years in prison for molesting a 12-year-old girl on several occasions last year.

The City Council and School Board are on their way to an agreement to pay back the remaining loan balance for $9 million in construction funding that has been a bitter point of contention between the two boards for the last two years.

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for the area, as well as for Nelson, Rockingham and eastern Highland counties, through 6 p.m. Monday.

Interstate 81 * Mile marker 205 to 208, northbound and southbound: Cleaning paved ditches.

A palace tucked away on Afton Mountain is the site of a paranormal research investigation Saturday.

She was born Aug. 27, 1922, in Tokyo, Japan, daughter of the late Isake and Hakuko Imai.

As a freshman, JaQuan Chisholm was admittedly shy. But he credits his 9th-grade English teacher, Katie Ford, with changing that.

Five-year-old Aubrey Flowers "fishes" letters out of a pond with a magnet attached to a pole.