Harrisonburg News

Saturday's "Valley Fourth" celebration will take place on Harrisonburg's Court Square starting at noon and ending with a huge fireworks show around 10 pm.

Georgia's new state agency in charge of services for mental health, developmental disabilities, and addictive diseases officially began operations today.

WHSV compared reported incidents of shoplifting in Harrisonburg, Waynesboro and Staunton from January 1st through June 29th in the years 2008 and 2009.

Shoplifting incidents went up in Harrisonburg and Waynesboro. Incidents in Staunton went down.

Harrisonburg sprouted its newest stoplight this week, a flashing flower that will become fully operational on Monday.

The Harrisonburg Police Department, the city fire department and local businesses will come together to host a safe kids event this weekend.

A new trial date has been set in a case involving three alleged gang members. Jahmaine Faqiri, Gregory Baker, and Ricky Parrish are accused of malicious wounding by a mob and gang participation.

The board is talking about switching to a ten-point grading scale. That would mean an A's would be 90 points or more.

It looks like billing for ambulances is getting close to becoming a reality.

The first case of the swine flu has been reported at RMH / Harrisonburg.

PETERSBURG - "Praise God," the official at the Creation Museum told the tour group, "we are excited to have you here." For the 80 paleontologists, taking a break from their convention at the University of Cincinnati to tour the museum, some were skeptical, some were amused, some were offended.

Police are investigating the scene where a man was killed by an on-coming mini van, while riding his bike late last night in Rockingham County.

A Winchester woman was hospitalized Sunday morning after being thrown from her car during a rollover crash on Interstate 81 north of Harrisonburg.

Chick-Fil-A in Harrisonburg hosted a Studebaker cruise-in Friday evening. The Studebakers Driver Club has 12,000 members strong.

Two charges against a Harrisonburg man accused of attempted murder were dropped Thursday.

Senior executives and community leaders from around the state were in Harrisonburg Friday as part of a group called "Lead Virginia." The visit to the Shenandoah Valley is the third of seven visits to different regions of the Commonwealth.

A former James Madison University football player has pleaded guilty to three robbery charges.

A fire destroyed a mobile home in Grassy Creek LC in Harrisonburg shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday.

City school employees will soon receive "thank you" bonuses for keeping expenditures low this past school year.

When Homeland Security employee Steven Crosby told friends and family he was going to open an ink supply store, they just raised their eyebrows at the 50-year-old's newest entrepreneurial idea.

A Rockingham County grand jury handed up charges against a man accused in a mid-March shooting on Logan Lane in Harrisonburg.