
Nelson County man charged with first-degree murder
A Lovingston man has been arrested for the death of a Charlottesville resident in Nelson County.

A Lovingston man has been arrested for the death of a Charlottesville resident in Nelson County.

Route 601 (Garth Road) in Albemarle County will be closed to through traffic Saturday morning to accommodate the thousands of people heading to the annual spring Foxfield Races.

Members of the Skyline Drug Task Force attested Dustin Griffin, a 36-year-old male from Staunton, on an outstanding warrant for distribution of methamphetamine.

On April 9 at approximately 5:30 p.m. Blue Ridge Parkway Dispatch received a report of a fatal motor vehicle collision near MP 7 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Members of the Waynesboro Police Department Special Operations Division arrested a local Waynesboro man for simple possession of methamphetamine following an April 3 traffic stop on South Delphine Avenue in the City of Waynesboro.

Mandy Dunivan, 37, of Waynesboro, Va., and Christopher B. Balser, 38, of Verona, Va., have been charged with grand larceny/auto theft in connection with the theft of a Mercedes from the park and ride off Interstate 64 in Waynesboro on March 26.

An Albemarle County woman is facing drug charges resulting from an investigation by the U.S. Marshal’s Service, the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement (JADE) Task Force and the Albemarle County Police Department.

A Stuarts Draft man suffered life-threatening injuries trying to flee a traffic stop in Augusta County as he drove his motorcycle into opposing lanes of traffic at speeds topping 100 mph.

The City of Staunton will receive a $431,200 grant award through the Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Fund (VBAF) for Staunton Crossing.

The Virginia DMV is accepting applications for grants to support programs throughout Virginia that strive to reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
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