Augusta County News

The father of a man charged with voluntary manslaughter in the beating death of a Verona man said Monday he feels his work as a police drug informant in the 1980s might have triggered the deadly feud.

Authorities have charged a former county prison guard with bribery as part of a ring they say delivered drugs to inmates.

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After a landslide victory in Tuesday's election, one delegate-elect goes from city hall to the state house, but Dickie Bell will leave an open seat on Staunton council, and perhaps in his high-school classroom.

A former Augusta County corrections officer accused of delivering drugs to an inmate has been charged with bribery.

More people in America suffer from epilepsy than from muscular dystrophy, yet so little is known about epilepsy that the mere mention of the disease can arouse fright.

Local Republicans continued to celebrate their victories in the Valley Wednesday, but one delegate-to-be must deal with a situation at his regular job.

If you were hoping to get the H1N1 flu vaccine Friday in Fishersville, you'll have to wait a little longer.

A former Augusta County corrections officer accused of delivering drugs to an inmate has been charged with bribery.

Interrupted by a Staunton homeowner during a burglary attempt Monday morning, Matthew S. Carr, 28, raced from the front door to the moped as the victim futilely gave chase, authorities said.

Voter turn out in Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County increased on election day 2009.

A trial is underway for the man charged with sodomizing a blind and mentally handicapped woman.

VERONA - The Augusta County Sheriff's Office charged a Verona man Thursday with voluntary manslaughter as a result of a deadly Oct.

When Mark Senger went out to his barn Thursday night to feed his two 400-pound Yorkshire pigs, a pen full of blood and signs of a struggle were not what he expected.

Mark Senger has been raising hogs all his life, and this week, he was shocked to find the condition of two of them.

The longtime girlfriend of a man jailed Thursday over a fatal fight said the victim's account of the brawl - written two days before a hemorrhage killed him - doesn't tell the full story.

A fight in the parking lot of a Dollar General store earlier this month has left one man dead and another charged with manslaughter.

STAUNTON - A West Augusta woman was sentenced to three years and four months in prison Thursday on marijuana and methamphetamine charges.

STAUNTON - A Staunton man was spared prison Monday after pleading guilty to a reduced charge in a case where he was caught in November engaging in sex with another man inside a car on the Wal-Mart parking lot on Richmond Avenue.

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