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May 21, 2007
Bound for Baghdad: Hometown soldiers in training
A week-long look at how 149 soldiers from Staunton-based 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are preparing for deployment. SPECIAL REPORT: Bound For BaghdadMary Baldwin holds graduation
Commencement speaker praises school's work to prove 'that women could be great achievers.'Couple accused of stealing from city
A Waynesboro city employee accused of helping her boyfriend steal city construction equipment will appear in court today.At a Glance
Colony House robber soughtSurvivor of Va Tech shootings ‘still piecing it together’
WHS grad recounts escape from Norris Hall during gunman's attack on Virginia Tech campus.May 20, 2007
Pyles faces contest
Attorney and businessman Francis Chester has declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the Pastures District seat on the Augusta County Board of Supervisors.Pair of events draws residents outdoors
Gearheads turn out in force for a show of muscle downtownHabitat for Humanity has historic aim
Latest project intended to blend in with Staunton neighborhoodFun in the sun
Adventure seekers flock to XtremeFestStanding in for Guard grad
Parents will accept Mary Baldwin diploma for their Iraq-bound daughterMay 19, 2007
Dem Hrovat to seek senate
A Churchville man said Friday he would seek the Democratic nomination to run for the 24th Senate District seat now held by Sen. Emmett Hanger.McCutcheon is Fishburne Military School valedictorian
If you'd known Brian McCutcheon four years ago, you'd probably be able to sum up your opinion of him pretty quickly: bad grades, bad attitude, bad kid.Kennedy gets six months
Former Waynesboro deputy treasurer Jennifer C. Kennedy cried Friday as bailiffs led her to a 6-month jail stay for pilfering roughly $25,614.Cassell Elementary students get creative
The gym at Hugh K. Cassell Elementary was home Friday to an eclectic collection of elementary school art, made by the school's students in grades K-5.Beverly Manor holds Fundraiser
As the sun's last rays snuck below the trees and darkness took hold, a hush fell over the Relay For Life celebration at Beverley Manor Middle School.At a Glance
Charges filed in beating; Traffic stop leads to drug charges; Stolen credit card missing for years; Click It or Ticket; No foul play in fire deathMay 18, 2007
Local Briefs
Reynolds leaving Fishburne for seminary
Waynesboro Mayor Tom Reynolds' association with Fishburne Military School goes back to his teenage days, when he watched school football practice or shagged fly balls with the military school's baseball team.SOL glitch affects local students
A problem with online Standards of Learning testing earlier this week wiped out results for 3,000 Virginia students, including 60 in four Augusta County middle schools.Woman, 47, dies in fire
LYNDHURST - The flowers and bushes bordering Karen Hodge's small yard were proof enough of her green thumb. But the charred remains of the single woman's two-story home point to her tragic death Thursday morning, while the wheelchair by the front porch allude to the suicide attempt months earlier.May 17, 2007
Wranglin’ in the Refuse Rodeo
No one's ever given them their own slogan, but you can count on Waynesboro's refuse crews to be at their appointed rounds every day, through rain and snow and gloom of, well, early morning in this case.Briefs
Police seek alleged kidnapper Quillen to run for school boardCity installs gutter, keeping fifty-year-old promise
A promise is a promise, even 50 years late. Just ask the city of Waynesboro. Close to five decades have elapsed since the city vowed to build a curb and gutter along a small stretch of Ohio Street, a payoff for taking a few feet of residents' land to extend that road.VEC offices could close
HARRISONBURG - Shenandoah Valley economic leaders pleaded Wednesday night for Fishersville's Virginia Employment Commission office to remain open, and not be included in the VEC's needed budget cuts.State economy softening up
STAUNTON - With Virginia's economy inevitably slowing down, Shenandoah Valley legislators say the future calls for prudent state budgeting.Painting recalls training school
FISHERSVILLE - Sadie Graves remembers riding the bus to the segregated Augusta County Training School on days when the snow was so deep the bus would get stuck.May 16, 2007
