
Waynesboro Schools offering parents, students comfort after Uvalde tragedy
With the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, it is only natural for parents’ worries and stress to increase after such a horrific, unnecessary and gut-wrenching event.

With the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, it is only natural for parents’ worries and stress to increase after such a horrific, unnecessary and gut-wrenching event.

Update: Wednesday, 12:34 p.m. Albemarle County Police reported today that the passenger in yesterday’s crash on Route 29/Monacan Trail Road, 44-year-old Holly Marie Minter of Waynesboro, died Tuesday evening.

Trash will be collected on a one-day delay from your normal collection day in Waynesboro this week due to the Memorial Day holiday.

Waynesboro Public Schools announced that the district will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program for the 2022 summer.

Waynesboro Fire Department personnel will be conducting fire hydrant maintenance to include flow testing and hydrant painting on fire hydrants in the following areas throughout the summer beginning on or around June 1.

A $1.4 million grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will allow Waynesboro Schools to add six electric buses to its fleet.

Waynesboro Schools employees will get an average salary increase of 7.5 percent in the 2022-2023 school year.

The Waynesboro Police Department arrested a Staunton man on the alleged offenses of two misdemeanors hit-and-runs, two felony hit-and-runs, and DUI.

At 8:09 a.m. Monday, Virginia State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash in Augusta County. A vehicle traveling east on I-64 ran off the interstate near Exit 94 for US Route 340 at the City of Waynesboro and Augusta County line.

Crews were removing asbestos from ceilings at Berkeley Glenn Elementary School this week, angering some parents because school was still in session with the work going on.
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