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25 minutes ago in Crime & Safety, Local
Former Shenandoah Commonwealth Attorney has license revoked after pleading guilty to felony charges
Amanda McDonald Wiseley has had her license to practice law in Virginia suspended after pleading guilty to felony charges.
45 minutes ago in Crime & Safety, Local
New Virginia laws in effect with State Senator Mark Obenshain | Rocktown Now Crime Report
State Senator Mark Obenshain joins Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson to talk about new laws that were recently passed in Virginia.
4 hours ago in Community, Local
State budget delivers nearly $150 million to JMU for nursing, healthcare expansion
James Madison University will receive nearly $150 million in Virginia’s new state budget to expand nursing education and modernize campus facilities.
4 hours ago in Local
Temporary road closure coming to University Boulevard July 13
A section of University Boulevard in Harrisonburg will be closed around the clock from July 13 through July 24.
4 hours ago in Community, Local
Local Big Brothers Big Sisters chapter earns National Impact Award
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Harrisonburg-Rockingham County has been named a recipient of the 2025 Impact Award.
Entertainment
3 hours ago in Entertainment
New ‘Little House’ series explores complicated history but keeps heart, community at the center
It's a story with covered wagons and one room schoolhouses, but showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine says the "Little House on the Prairie" remake for Netflix still speaks to today's American dream.
3 hours ago in Entertainment
Behind Christopher Nolan’s 6-country epic undertaking to bring ‘The Odyssey’ to the big screen
Christopher Nolan has never been afraid to dream a little bigger. It's almost a calling. With every film, he's pushed himself and the medium further — playing with form, storytelling, visuals and audience expectations to create lasting cinematic spectacles.
1 day ago in Entertainment, Music
Bonnie Tyler, who topped the charts with epic ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ has died at 75
Bonnie Tyler, the gravelly voiced, Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star whose 1983 chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" enchanted succeeding generations with its bombastic charms during solar and lunar eclipses, has died. She was 75.
2 days ago in Entertainment
‘The Pitt’ leads with 25 Emmy nominations and ‘Hacks’ breaks record for comedies with 24
"The Pitt" led all nominees with 25 in a dominant sophomore season, while "Hacks" got a graduation party with a record-setting 24 to lead all comedies in its final season as Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday.