Churchville News

FISHERSVILLE - Andreea Susanna Sari and Russell Dale "Rusty" Simmons were married May 31 at the Barren Ridge Vineyard.

MOUNT SOLON - Hank Williams Chandler of Verona and Jennifer Lynn Thompson of Mount Solon were married June 6 at Spring Meadows.

VERONA - An internal investigation at Middle River Regional Jail that spanned several months has resulted in three arrests, the jail reported Tuesday.

STAUNTON - Ruby Leola Boyd Wolfe, 89, formerly of 133 S. Waverley St., passed away Saturday, June 27, 2009, in the Augusta Health and Rehabilitation in Fishersville.

ATLANTA - Chance A. Crawford , 14, of Staunton, Va., has been selected for membership in the National Society of High School Scholars.

STAUNTON - Daniel Lee Woodall, 53, husband of Linda Woodall of 161 Straith St., died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at his residence following a lengthy illness.

Temp: 88.0 F Heat Index: 90 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA The Labor Department says first-time claims for unemployment benefits are up slightly despite a drop in unemployment numbers as a whole.

STAUNTON - Having sampled wines from top vineyards across the county and abroad, Churchville resident Ted Grudzinski, author of "Winequest: The Wine Dictionary," considers himself an expert and a semiprofessional wine connoisseur.

A Churchville man strangled his girlfriend with his bare hands and later admitted to the crime, according to authorities.

With school out for the summer, the Augusta County Library is launching its summer reading games.

STAUNTON - The man suspected in the weekend killing of a Staunton woman will appear in Augusta County General District Court this morning for a bond hearing.

A Churchville man is in custody and charged with 1st Degree Murder after a call to police Friday night.

VERONA - A local man has been charged with first-degree murder after the body of a Staunton woman was discovered Friday night by Augusta County sheriff's deputies in the parking lot of the Verona Food Lion, the sheriff's office reported this morning.

STAUNTON - Dallas Murray Keyser, 84, husband of Louise Keyser of 21 Woodlee Road, Apt.

Erik Curren, who is running for the 20th District House Delegate, decided to capitalize on the headway Democrats made during the presidential election.

STAUNTON - Stella Audrey Clifton, age, of 5 Bessie Weller Drive, died Wednesday in Envoy of Staunton.

Organizations to host blood drive to honor military: A Memorial Day Blood Drive: In Honor of Our Military is planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday in the Belk Court area at Stuanton Mall.

Selling the stuffed black bear was fine. But not the "road kill" deer antlers. That's how a judge ruled Thursday in the case of Jon Goble, 46, of Churchville, indicted last year after he sold a mounted black bear to an undercover officer from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries for $1,000. Officials searched the man's Stover Shop Road home, ...

The high-definition camera panned across the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum's terraced boxwood gardens as a dozen 1920s-era reenactors danced and swayed to music on the lawn.

FISHERSVILLE - Let's get it on - again. Brawley Fights and Harrisonburg Auto Mall present Brawl in the Cage 3 this Saturday at the Augusta Expoland, the second fight in the venue and third in the area since December.