Augusta County

A Stuarts Draft man who pleaded guilty to killing a man and wounding a woman at a scenic overlook will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Ralph Leon Jackson, 57, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison plus 35 years.  Here is the full news...

Millions of dollars are headed to local school systems to help with new construction, renovations and expansion projects.  The Virginia Department of Education announced Wednesday the allocation of $229,551,000 in Qualified School Construction Bonds. ...

Press Release: Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Family Crimes Division continue to investigate the whereabouts of two missing Olney teenagers.  Today, detectives learned from Virginia State Police that the vehicle driven by the male teen,...

The two men who died in a plane crash Friday near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport have been identified. The plane's two occupants .. 19-year-old Jacob Kiser of Grottoes and 32-year-old Jason Long of Edinburg were killed when the single-engine plane...

A sinkhole will slow traffic on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County starting this weekend. Repair work will shut down a lane of traffic headed north starting at 10 p.m. Sunday evening. The lane is expected to be closed for most of the day Monday as...

Coyotes will be a prime topic of discussion by the Board of Supervisors at Tuesday night's work session after recent attacks at a Gloucester farm. Carl Shipley, the county's chief Animal Control officer, and Steve Baranek, Gloucester's senior Animal...

RICHMOND A measure to require online merchants affiliated with companies such as Amazon and Overstock.com to collect state sales taxes cleared the Senate on Tuesday. The bill - sponsored by Sen. Emmett W. Hanger Jr., R- Augusta County, and backed by the...