West Augusta News

One man is recovering in the hospital, while a suspect is on the run. Richmond County Sheriff's Office investigators say 19-year-old Terrell Merriweather was driving home when someone ran in the middle of the road, flagging him down.

STAUNTON - More than 80 supporters, board members and volunteers gathered Dec. 13 at Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church to celebrate the community support and volunteer service given to the mission work of the Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro Habitat for Humanity.

Some Valley families were in Augusta County buying their Christmas trees Saturday.

If you are beginning the search for that living room Christmas tree, the Boys' Home may have what you need.

A man who was shot Wednesday night in the Humboldt Park neighborhood and later died has been identified.

STAUNTON - A West Augusta woman was sentenced to three years and four months in prison today on marijuana and methamphetamine charges.

WEST AUGUSTA - Vicky Jo Faber, 58, of 1836 Deerfield Valley Road died Wednesday, Oct.

An Austin neighborhood man was charged with murder Sunday afternoon for a Friday night shooting on the West Side that left one man dead and another wounded, police said.

A West Augusta man appeared in court Tuesday for a July crash off Braley Pond Road that sent both him and his passenger to the hospital.

One man from Augusta County took home quite a prize after playing the lottery. Warren Kincaid, from West Augusta, won $150,000 from a "scratcher ticket" playing the "Dollars and Diamonds" game.

LYNCHBURG - Members of the West Augusta Guard, 5th Virginia Infantry Co. L, a re-enactment group that portrays the men of Augusta County in the 5th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War, were again involved in the production of the movie "The Battle of Lynchburg" on location in Lynchburg.

Monday Augusta County Civil War Roundtable Meeting: 7-9 p.m. The featured speaker will be Staunton resident and reenactor Waverly Adcock presenting 'The West Augusta Guard.' The public is welcome to attend.

Bond was denied Wednesday for a man who police say intentionally rammed a minivan into an SUV on the West Side over the weekend, leaving seven people injured and killing one woman.

Bond was denied Wednesday for a man who police say intentionally rammed a minivan into an SUV on the West Side over the weekend, leaving seven people injured and killing one woman.

WEST AUGUSTA - William Michaux "Bill" Sydnor, 83, husband of Jean Sydnor of 65 Hodges Draft Lane, West Augusta, passed away Wednesday morning, Aug.

Bond was denied Wednesday for a man who police say intentionally rammed a minivan into an SUV on the West Side over the weekend, leaving seven people injured and killing one woman.

Bodies flew around "like an airplane" when Shalimar Santiago intentionally rammed his car into a Lincoln Navigator filled with lost travelers from the suburbs, causing it to violently roll over and eject some of its eight passengers on the West Side over the weekend, Cook County prosecutors said Monday.

Eight people were critically injured in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday in the West Side's Humboldt Park community.

FINCASTLE - William "Bill" Graham, son of Ray and Catherine Graham of West Augusta and Kathy Trump, daughter of Bill and Pauline Trump of Roanoke, were married July 4 at Camp Bethel.

WEST AUGUSTA - Search teams combing an area near Braley Pond found a lost 6-year-old Charlottesville boy Friday night after the child became separated from his father, according to the Augusta County Sheriff's Office.