Shenandoah County

Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Rita Bishop has been named the Superintendent of the Year by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents. Bishop was selected by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and leaders of five state...

A Waynesboro, Pa., man was being held in a Virginia jail in connection with a carjacking that was reported Saturday afternoon in a residential area of Waynesboro, police said. Curtis Wade Munday, 32, of Strickler Ave., was charged in a warrant that was...

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

A substitute judge in Virginia's Shenandoah County has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for growing marijuana on his property.   James H. Allamong Jr. was sentenced Monday under a plea agreement that reduced the initial charges from a felony to a...

One of Virginia's most conservative lawmakers is working with the ACLU on legislation to regulate the use of unmanned aerial drones in the state. Republican Del. Todd Gilbert of Shenandoah County and the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia said...

When Republicans in western Virginia head to the polls on June 12th, the U.S. Senate race won't provide the only primary battle. 6th District Congressman Bob Goodlatte also has opposition this year, from Karen Kwiatkowski   This is the first time since...

A Morgan County woman who was strangled earlier this month was pregnant when she died, according to the Morgan County Sheriff's Department. Kelly Elizabeth Butler, 29, died from strangulation, according to an autopsy conducted by the West Virginia Office...

A Morgan County, W.Va., man has been charged with murder after admitting he woke up from a blackout earlier this month to find his girlfriend strangled in their apartment, according to the Morgan County (W.Va.) Sheriff’s Department. James T. Zell...

Twenty people across Virginia have been arrested in an undercover sting targeting online child predators. One of the arrests was in Bedford. The arrests were all part of an investigation called Operation Phalanx.  They were announced Thursday by...

     The City of Salem is receiving a grant from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation to acquire nine acres to complete the Roanoke River Greenway project between Rotary Park and the city line.  Another grant was awarded to the city for the trail...

Ninety-six percent of Virginia's public schools are fully accredited for the 2011-12 school year.  The Virginia Department of Education made the announcement Thursday.  The accreditation is based on performance of students on Standards of Learning and...

The most violent tornado ever to hit Maryland was the deadly climax of a severe storm system that formed late last week in the high plains and ignited a daylong barrage of extreme weather Sunday across the Eastern United States. The historic F5 tornado...