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WAYNESBORO, Va. (WHSV) - A joint investigation between the Waynesboro Police Department and Child Protective Services led to the arrest of a Waynesboro man, according to a WPD release. WPD detectives and CPS launched an investigation June 24 into allegations of inappropriate conduct involving a child and failure to rep

At 10:30 p.m. each Thursday, John D’earth’s band has performed at Miller’s in Charlottesville. He’s done that for about forty years. And he’s been playing the trumpet even longer – taking it up at the age of eight. As a teenager he was on stage at the Newport Jazz Festival, and this month, he’ll headline the free jazz

Madison County teachers and staff will receive a 4.75% pay increase under a revised fiscal year 2027 budget approved Monday night, after school board members said they pushed as far as they could without cutting positions.  The Madison County School Board also added three positions to the budget: an ESL teacher, one pr

LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - Central Virginia is entering its third month of extreme drought, and cattle farmers say recent storms have done little to ease conditions as blazing temperatures offset any benefit from rainfall. Blake Hopkins feeds 600 cattle each day at his family’s Louisa County farm. Grass is...

STAUNTON — It started with a request for an interview. In February, Aaron Q. Barmer was downtown when he approached Staunton Commonwealth’s Attorney John Baber, who had been sworn into office weeks earlier, and asked to speak with him. Baber told him to contact his office. What appeared to be a routine interaction woul

The 2026 CMR Farm Show will be remembered as the year of record livestock exhibitors and an amazing sale of project animals that topped the charts of organizers from Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahannock counties.  It also marked the return of the Friends of CMR, a group consisting of people and businesses interested in

Rita Carroll’s farm in Orange, Virginia, is full of gold—not the precious metal, but a profusion of crocuses that contain sunny-hued saffron, the world’s most expensive spice. “It’s a beautiful purple crocus,” she says. “When you pick saffron fresh, it smells like honey. It’s lovely.”

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal crash in Rockingham County where a man from Grottoes died Wednesday, according to a VSP release. At about 7:30 a.m., VSP received a report of a single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle on Oak Shade Road. VSP said its preliminary investiga

Greene County’s Board of Supervisors moved Monday toward putting a 1% local sales-tax referendum for school construction on the November ballot, but the meeting’s sharpest conflict centered on immigration enforcement.  Dozens packed the overflowing Celt Road board room to argue over Sheriff Steve Smith’s cooperation wi

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A heat wave gripping the region this week is driving up energy usage, and electric companies are urging customers to cut back during peak high-temperature periods. Dominion Energy said taking preventative steps now will help customers avoid surprises on their electricity bills. Customers a