Advocates disappointed in ‘light’ sentences in recent animal cruelty cases
Local advocates expressed anger and frustration this week in relation to two animal cruelty cases where the sentences for both crimes were considered ‘light.’
Local advocates expressed anger and frustration this week in relation to two animal cruelty cases where the sentences for both crimes were considered ‘light.’
A woman whose puppy starved to death alone in an apartment pleaded guilty Wednesday in a felony animal cruelty case in Waynesboro Circuit Court.
A Swoope man was sentenced today to one year in jail, with six months suspended, for an animal cruelty case dating back to July.
The number of families experiencing homelessness is growing in Waynesboro in large part due to one life event that throws the household into crisis.
The buildout of the new University of Virginia football ops center took out 260 parking spaces in the adjacent parking lot.
The Virginia DEQ has lifted the drought watch advisory that had been in effect for several months in Augusta County and Rockingham County.
The Centers for Disease Control reports a new variant of COVID-19 called BA.2.87.1, which appears to be creating a low public health risk.
Efforts to reduce homelessness in Virginia received a $12 million boost thanks to grants awarded to support 55 projects in the Commonwealth.
Might Americans make sense of Gaza if we compared it to our own experience? What if Gaza were Chicago, my childhood home?
A feasibility study is in the works to investigate sea level rise and flooding along coastal regions and rivers in Virginia.
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