
Waynesboro Police investigating bomb hoax at Kate Collins Middle School
Waynesboro Police and Fire personnel responded to Kate Collins Middle School for a report of a bomb threat that was communicated to the school.

Waynesboro Police and Fire personnel responded to Kate Collins Middle School for a report of a bomb threat that was communicated to the school.

Preliminary data indicate a significant increase in the number of lives saved on Virginia’s highways during the 2016 Labor Day weekend.

Governor Terry McAuliffe today declared a state of emergency and urged residents of the Commonwealth to prepare for significant storm impacts generated by remnants of Hurricane Hermine.

The ACLU and the Roanoke NAACP have asked the Department of Justice to investigate the practices of the Roanoke County Police Department.

An Interstate 66 overpass was dedicated this week in memory of slain Virginia State Police Trooper Harry Lee Henderson.

A minor controversy has erupted online in response to an article in the News Leader on the police chase that ended on Interstate 81 in Augusta County.

A police chase that began in New Market ended on Interstate 81 in Augusta County Wednesday evening with the suspect in custody.

Members of the Waynesboro Police Department’s Special Operations Division and the department’s SWAT Unit executed a narcotics search warrant Monday night at 2229 Cortland Street.

Del. Dickie Bell has filed legislation that would expand Virginia hate crime laws to include police, firefighters and EMS personnel.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced the launch of a new program to help ensure safe, mutually respectful interactions between Virginia teens and law enforcement.
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