
Waynesboro: ‘Now is an ideal time to spark redevelopment in downtown’
A Downtown Waynesboro market and retail study will assist the city and downtown property owners boost the local economy.

A Downtown Waynesboro market and retail study will assist the city and downtown property owners boost the local economy.

Three Waynesboro residents have turned themselves in on charges related to a July 27 shooting incident in the 200 block of North Poplar Avenue.

The Waynesboro Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing 17-year-old juvenile.

Waynesboro Schools will host its second Back to School Bash on Sunday, July 31 at Kate Collins Middle School, 1625 Ivy Street.

Waynesboro Police reported to a shots fired report on North Poplar Avenue Wednesday evening, but that’s about all we know at the moment.

The city of Waynesboro will close B Street from Ivanhoe to Jackson Avenues on Thursday, July 21, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. for repair of water service.

City businesses and organizations may apply for up to $3,000 to support activities including fairs, festivals and events intended to increase visitors to the River City.

Communities across the country are focusing on adding school resource officers in the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers in May.

More changes are in store for clients of the Waynesboro-Augusta Health Department. Effective July 20, all clinical services offered at the 211 W. 12th St. location will end.

The girl, pregnant, didn’t know where she was, just that the men in the box truck had dropped her off at a hospital. She was of no use to them anymore. Sex traffickers don’t make money selling guys on having sex with pregnant teens. She was somebody else’s problem now.
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