Stuarts Draft News

STAUNTON - Jeremy S. Cason was a 23-year-old part-time baseball coach at Riverheads High School in March 1999 when a 14-year-old girl from the school snuck away from her parents house and met with Cason.

A Stuarts Draft man has admitted luring an underage girl into homemade pornography.

A judge accepted a plea agreement Tuesday morning from a Stuarts Draft man who was accused of taping a teenage girl for sex videos.

STAUNTON - A former Staunton auto shop owner accused of filming a Robert E. Lee High School student as she performed oral sex on him pleaded guilty Monday to soliciting a minor for pornography.

STAUNTON - Despite an impassioned plea from his defense attorney for a minimum sentence, killer John "Mike" Mason of Stuarts Draft was given a life sentence - plus 11 years - Monday by Circuit Judge Humes J. Franklin Jr.

Albemarle County is pushing forward with plans to charge for ambulance rides, and now Augusta County is looking at a similar set of new fees.

An attorney representing the Stuarts Draft Rescue Squad told the Augusta County Board of Supervisors that the agency is looking to go it alone as the county moves toward a revenue recovery program for its emergency services.

Girls' softball travel team forming: A new 12U girls' fast-pitch softball travel team is forming in Augusta County and the Shenandoah Valley.

They came from Richmond, from Falls Church, from Buena Vista, and beyond. They came alone, in pairs, and trios of friends.

VERONA - A Stuarts Draft dog breeder, who pleaded guilty to dozens of animal cruelty charges in September, could face further restrictions from the Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals.

WAYNESBORO - If you love the sight of a passenger train on tracks where one is rarely seen, Waynesboro and Stuarts Draft will be the place to be on Sunday.

STUARTS DRAFT - The parking lot of Stuarts Draft Elementary isn't usually this quiet at 3 p.m. on a weekday.

An Iraq veteran arrived at the Stuarts Draft Fire and Rescue Station to vote this afternoon only to learn he wasn't registered.

STUARTS DRAFT - Stuart and Heather Allen announce the birth of a daughter, Piper Skye Allen, born Oct.

A Waynesboro public works backhoe driver caused an accident Wednesday morning, sending two people to the hospital.

VERONA - The grand jury directly indicted the former Augusta County information technology director Monday after county property was reportedly found inside his home, according to information provided by the sheriff's office.

Four firearms ringing in at over $1,000 in value were reported stolen from a Waynesboro home Friday.

All four area school districts lagged behind the state in on-time graduation rates, but black students in three districts outpaced the average in the rest of the commonwealth, according to statistics released Tuesday by Virginia Department of Education.

Buffie Sue Wells turned to her family long enough to notice their tears Thursday.

SHERANDO - Barbara Ann Clemmons Shirley, 75, of Sherando went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Oct.