
Waynesboro YMCA announces return of Friday Night Basketball
Friday Night Basketball is back – Halloween style. The Waynesboro YMCA will open this Friday from 9pm to midnight for middle school and high school youth. Doors lock at 10pm.

Friday Night Basketball is back – Halloween style. The Waynesboro YMCA will open this Friday from 9pm to midnight for middle school and high school youth. Doors lock at 10pm.

The Waynesboro Police Department has charged a city teenager on a felony drug charge after officers found her with a large amount of marijuana and cash last week. Alysha Nichole Harlow, 18 years old, faces one count of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute stemming from a traffic stop on October 19.

The Waynesboro Police Department arrested three individuals on felony drug charges last night. Members of the Department’s Special Operations Division executed a search warrant at an apartment at 1019 Albemarle Avenue. Police arrested James Everett Ferguson, 52 years old, and Lisa Marie Ailstock, 41 years old, on possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute charges. Police also arrested Carlene Nicole Carter, 35 years old of Staunton, for possession of methamphetamine.

Real-world experiences are an important complement to the education that students get at the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in Staunton. A new collaboration between VSDB and Vector Industries in Waynesboro is providing a unique opportunity for a group of five students to gain valuable job skills.

Last week, Waynesboro Public Schools had the Waynesboro Police Department on campus at Waynesboro High School for a sweep of the parking lot. ‘Twas a drug bust the school system was instigating.

The Waynesboro Police Department arrested a Waynesboro man over the weekend for attempting to steal copper from a city business. The assailant, Charles William Reed Jr., was convicted in October 2014 of two felonies and four misdemeanors in Waynesboro Circuit Court for his part in a copper theft ring.

The Waynesboro Police Department has charged a Staunton man with embezzlement after he stole several hundred dollars from his employer over a three-week period beginning in mid-September. Christopher Darrell Brookins, 23 years old, faces a single felony charge after it was determined he stole $620 from Walmart, 116 Lucy Lane.

The Waynesboro Police Department extradited a former Waynesboro man and convicted arsonist from Connecticut last week to face old convictions from his 2008 crimes.

The Waynesboro Police Department is requesting assistance from the public to help identify a man who stole over $400 in electronics from a local store earlier in the month.

During the month of November, the Shenandoah Valley Art Center is exhibiting paintings, “People and Places,” by Waynesboro artist, Joy E. Tartter.
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