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Community Foundation Receives Money For Trade School Students
A local organization will soon be able to provide more scholarships to adult trade school students at places like the Massanutten Technical Center. The Community Foundation of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County has partnered with the Virginia Ready Initiative, which is giving $1.33 million in grant funding to five different organizations across the state.
Grottoes Bats Lead East To RCBL All-Star Victory
GROTTOES — Hosting the Rockingham County Baseball League’s All-Star festivities during the league’s centennial season Saturday, the finale of the celebration was a fun one for the Grottoes Cardinals. The East, led by the extended Nicely family and the Cardinals, cruised to a 13-2 victory in the...
RCSO seeks assistance in search for missing Port Republic man
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance in locating Mark Edward Sipe of Port Republic. Sipe, 52, was last seen June 18 in the Ore Bank Road area of Rockingham County. His family reported him missing. The circumstances of Sipe’s disappearance are unknown,...
Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office searching for Port Republic man missing under suspicious circumstances
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing individual under unknown and potentially suspicious circumstances. According to a news release, Mark Edward Sipe, a 52-year-old male from the Port Republic area, was last seen on...
Sentencing rescheduled for man who led standoff in 2022
WOODSTOCK -- A Rockingham County man who held a 19-hour standoff with law enforcement in 2022 in Mount Jackson faces sentencing in two weeks. Joshua Ryan Litten appeared in Shenandoah County Circuit Court last week for a sentencing hearing on his convictions for crimes he committed during the Dec. 6-7 standoff.
Roadwork Affecting Motorists In July
The Virginia Department of Transportation is preparing for several new roadwork projects in Rockingham County. VDOT not only has new roadwork, but there is updated roadwork and continued roadwork slated throughout the county. New Roadwork. On Interstate 81 at mile markers 238 to 240, northbound and southbound, there will be...
'Severe thunderstorms' threaten Fourth of July live music and fireworks
STAUNTON – Thunderstorms, damaging wind gusts, and heat illnesses might rain on the remaining Happy Birthday America Fourth of July festivities in Staunton. According to a hazardous weather outlook sent at 4:35 p.m. from the National Weather Service, Augusta County, central Virginia, and Maryland are at risk of severe weather for the rest of the day.
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