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South Delphine Accident - Feb. 15 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: The truck struck by the Saturn. PHOTO 2: The car being towed away. PHOTO 3: Traffic backed up on SouthDelphine
Thursday Feb. 15, 2007 - 4:30 pm on South Delphine near the I-64 exit south bound lanes, a Saturn driven by Thomas Garber hit a Dodge pickup truck. Mr. Garber failed to yield coming off the exit ramp hitting the truck. It caused the car to go into the median and the truck to go off onto the shoulder of the road. Mr. Garber is being charged with failing to yield. One person was sent to Augusta Medical Center for treatment of miner injuries.Photo/Story Nathan Combs
Fier Starts Back Up - Feb.10, 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: A firefighter puts down water on to the fire. PHOTO 2: firefighters move hoses in to place to fight fire. PHOTO 3, 4: A wall of smoke meats firefighters. PHOTO 5: Cold weather was not a problem for the firefighters, PHOTO 6, 7,: the house was a total loss with the house and personal belongings in the yard. Saturday Feb.10, 2007- 6 am A fire that was put out the night before restarted on 1104 Estaline Valley Road. There where 19 firefighters on the seen this morning and stayed till 4pm making shore the fire was out. The ice and the cold temps did not hinder the work the firefighters. There are investigators still there looking in to the cause of the restart at this time 7pm. The original fire had started the night before caused by a wood stove at 6pm. On Friday Feb. 9, 2007 40 firefighters had put out the original fire in about 3 hr. There where 3 people sleeping in the residence at the time, they where alerted by a smoke detector and where able to
Ice on Trees - Feb.14, 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Wednesday Feb.14, 2007 - Ice covered trees hang over powerlines along many city streets. Thousands of Augusta Co. residents were without power on Wednesday because of fallen trees on powerlines. Work crews had to work through the night to try and restore power. Lines had to be cut in many neighborhoods, like this one in Waynesboro.Photo/Story Nathan Combs Read more:Trees
Sliding On The Roads - Feb.14, 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Wednesday Feb.14, 2007 - The road conditions in Augusta Co. remain slick as ice remained on some roads. Fender benders were reported across the county, like this one at the exit from Lowe's in Staunton. As the temperatures dropped in the evening, water on the roads froze making travel hard on drivers.Photo/Story Nathan Combsx Read more:Sliding
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Manning the Shelter - Feb. 14, 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Wednesday Feb.14, 2007 - The Red Cross setup shelters in Augusta Co. at Waynesboro High School. The shelter opened at 12pm but no one came. The shelter remained open all night so that people without power could come to to keep warm . Photo/Story Nathan Combs Read more:Manning
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Ice More Ice - Feb. 13-14, 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: Downtown Staunton, the street covered in ice PHOTO 2, 3, 4, 5: Ice build up brought down trees and power lines. PHOTO 6: Many people woke up in the morning with debris in their yards. This Duplex on Dupont Cir., Waynesboro has limbs from near by tree. PHOTO 7, 8: Dupont Cir. An ice laden tree hanging over power lines, 10th St. power lines brought down by ice. PHOTO 9: The intersection of Main St. and Delphine Ave., Waynesboro, one of the first parts of the city to lose power due to the storm. PHOTO 10: This Suburban was hit by a tractor and trailer on I-18 heading north at the116 mile marker. PHOTO 11: Snow plows worked through the night to free the roads from snow and ice, like this on 340 heading north. PHOTO 12: The storm clouds over Augusta Co. Wednesday Feb. 13-14, 2007 - The storm that moved through Augusta Co. knocked down power lines and made travel difficult. The accumulation of ice on trees caused them to fall onto power lines kno
Fatality on 340 - Feb. 12, 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1, 2, 3: The Dodge Durango over the embankment. PHOTO 4, 5: 2nd SUV flipped on side.PHOTO 6: The tire and rim lying on the side of the road.PHOTO 7: Christy Harbeck taken from scene. PHOTO 8: A VA trooper looks over crash scene. PHOTO 9: Firefighters from Grottoes. Monday Feb. 12, 2007- 7:15 a.m. Near Harriston on Rt. 340 a fatal head on collision involving 2 vehicles killing 1 and sending others to the hospital. The Dodge Durango passed through a guard rail sending it over an embankment. Due to the accident traffic in front of Jollett Springs Trailer Park was congested. Emergency personnel and police directed traffic on 340 in order to keep traffic flowing. Update: The driver that was killed, 31-year-old Christy Harbeck was not wearing a seat belt when she was ejected for the SUV that landed in a ravine. Harbeck was headed south on U.S. 340 when her SUV crossed into the other lane. The Durango sideswiped a 2004 Chevrolet Blazer and then struck a
Woman Found Shot - Jan. 29, 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: Paramedics remove the woman to prepare her to be put onto the helicopter PHOTO 2: Rescue crews place woman onto the helicopter for transport. Monday Jan. 29, 2007- A woman was found in a driveway with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. She was taken by helicopter to UVA Hospital. At this time, her condition is unknown.Photo/Story Nathan Combs
Trailer Fire In Verona - Jan. 27, 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: A fire fighter takes a rest after fighting the blaze. PHOTO 2 and 3: Fire fighters spray water into the trailer where the fire still raged, gutting the interior. PHOTO 4: The fire crews bring hoses and other equipment to the side of the trailer. PHOTO 5: Fire fighters battle the flames from the front PHOTO 6: Flames visible inside the trailer. Saturday Jan. 27, 2007: About 4 am a fire destroyed a trailer on Meade Park Cir. Verona
.The cause of the fire is as of yet unknown. Two people on the scene were being treated for injuries. When fire crews were first called to the scene they had word that there might be someone still in the trailer, but as of this time they are unsure. Update: There where three people in the trailer at the time of the fire. Two of the people made it out with unknown injuries while the third was killed. The fire had also spread to two other trailers where the residents were able to escape without harm.Photo/Story Nathan Combs Read more:Trailer
Passenger Thrown From Van on Cold Springs Rd - Jan. 26, 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 LEFT: A fire fighter collects personal belongings that had been thrown from the van upon impact.RIGHT: The van came to a rest against a telephone pole.BOTTOM: GMC van with personal effects that were thrown from it.Friday Jan. 26, 2007 at 9 pm: A GMC mini van with a driver and a passenger traveling on Cold Springs
Rd. overturned ejecting the passenger who was not wearing a seat belt at the time. According to Trooper S.A Simmons of the Virginia State Police, the van had taken a turn too fast and the driver lost control. The driver was taken by ambulance to Augusta Medical Center. The passenger was flown by helicopter to UVA.Photos/Story: Nathan Combs /The Photograph Read more:Passenger
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Advisory - Feb. 13, 2007 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Staunton officials are continuing to monitor the approaching ice storm and will open our Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and / or emergency shelters if conditions warrant. City emergency officials have met with their counterparts from Augusta County and Waynesboro to coordinate a response to the storm. Any action taken will be announced through email media advisories, the city Internet site, the government access channel (Cable Channel 14) and via the city's recorded emergency phone line. The emergency phone line - 213-6516 - has been activated. We would appreciate your publicizing that number for public use if the storm becomes significant. The emergency line will be used for recorded status messages and announcements only. If an emergency is declared, other phone numbers will be activated for media and public use (see below). The initial impact of this storm will be ice on roadways. Note that salts and chemicals normally used to clear roadways are not effec Read more:Advisory
Having Fun No Matter What At the Clocktower Tavern - Feb. 13-14 1970-01-01 00:59:59 At the Clocktower Tavern
friends gathered despite the snow and ice to have fun. It was a good night to get together with friends while the cold rain and ice poured down on Augusta Co. Owner/manager Donna Robertson and friends stayed warm in the Tavern talking and having a good time. Photo/Story Nathan Combs Read more:Having
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Looking Back To 1978 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Even though this weeks ice storm here in the Shenadoah valley created a hardship for valley resident's, it's still not as bad as it has been. Here are some reminders from the past, Easter 1978. The people of the valley are a very speical breed, they face hardships by helping one another, when adverisity hits it only make's them pull togather. reporting for photograph blog.story/Gary combs Read more:Looking Back
SUV Filps On Forest Chaple Rd. - Feb. 23 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: Rescue crews at the scene of the accident.PHOTO 2, 3: The SUV that the two people were thrown from.PHOTO 4, 5, 6: Accident victims being taken care of by emergency crews and loaded into ambulances for transport to a hospital.PHOTO 7: Personal belongings were also thrown from the SUV.PHOTO 8: Dooms firefighter assisting a reporter.PHOTO 9: A firefighter at the scene of the accident.Friday Feb. 23, 2007 - 10:45 pm A SUV traveling on Forest
Chapel Road, swerved to miss a deer flipped and ejected two passengers. When emergency crews arrived at the scene they found to people lying on the road that had been ejected, they were taken to Augusta medical Center with serious injuries. Two other people that were in the SUV were also taken by ambulance to the hospital. Charges will be filed against the driver.Photo/Story Nathan Combs
Trailer Fire - Feb. 23 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: Fire trucks and tankers parked in front of the trailer that was on fire.PHOTO 2: A firefighter using the hose and water to put out the fire.PHOTO 3, 4: The fire completely gutted the trailer and causes the roof to collapse.PHOTO 5: A firefighter at the scene of the fire.Friday Feb. 23, 2007 - 11:12 am 1892 Deerfield Valley Road fire departments from Deerfield, Churchville, Staunton, Mt. Solon responded to a trailer fire. There were no injuries but the trailer was a total loss. It took the 20 firefighters on the scene three hours to totally extinguished the flames. The owner of the trailer does not have insurance. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.Photo/Story Nathan Combs Read more:Trailer
Person Hit By Car - Feb. 23 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Friday Feb. 23, 2007 - 10:55 am in the parking lot of Food Lion on W. Main St. Waynesboro, Ann Golladay 87 was struck, while leaving the store by a car driven by Elesie Hansen 83. Golladay was sent to Augusta Medical Center with unknown injuries. Hansen was charged with reckless driving.Photo/Story Nathan Combs
New Hope - Crimora Rd. Car In To Tree - Feb. 24 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: Mr. Low had to be cut out of the car by firefighters.PHOTO 2: The front of the car struck a tree in the accident.PHOTO 3: Helpful hands of paramedics and firefighters prepare Mr. Low for transfer to the hospital.PHOTO 4, 5, 6: Mr. Low being prepared and moved to the awaiting helicopter. Then being loaded for his transport to the hospital.PHOTO 7, 8: Firefighters and paramedic at the scene of the accident.Saturday Feb. 24, 2007 - 5:30 am Russel Low, driving west on new Hope - Corimora Rd. Ran off the road and struck a tree. He was then flown to UVA medical Center by helicopter. The extent of his injuries at this time unknown. The cause of the accident is still under investigation by Virginia State police.Photo/Story Nathan Combs
Waynesboro City Council Agenda For Feb. 26, 07 1970-01-01 00:59:59 AGENDA FOR WAYNESBORO CITY COUNCIL TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2007, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CHARLES T. YANCEY MUNICIPAL BUILDING AT 503 WEST MAIN STREET, WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA. 1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance 2. Consent Agenda (any item placed on the consent agenda shall be removed and taken up as a separate matter, if so requested by any member of Council
, otherwise all items will be voted on with one (1) motion). a. Approval of minutes of the previous meeting (2-12-07 Regular Meeting) and dispensing with reading of minutes. b. Second consideration/adoption of an ordinance regarding the request of Waynesboro
TC, LLC, to close and vacate a portion of the right-of-way of existing Shenandoah Village Drive near its intersection with Route 340 (Rosser Avenue) that coincides with the planned realignment of Shenandoah Village Drive. c. Second consideration/adoption of an ordinance appropriating $2,000.00 from the Unreserved Fund Balance of the Library Sp Read more:Waynesboro City
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Dairy Barn On fire - Feb. 18 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: Flames and smoke pour out of the top of the equipment shed. PHOTO 2, 3: Fire engines from six companies responded to the scene. PHOTO 4, 5: Firefighters tear into a section of the roof, then use water to knock down the flames. PHOTO 6, 7, 8, 9, 10: The firefighters using hoses and water to fight the fire. PHOTO 11: A firefighter passes in front of me shed the equipment shed on claims in flames. PHOTO 12: Firefighters on the roof pour water into the trench cut to keep the fire from spreading to the milking parlor. PHOTO 13: Water had to be brought in using tankers. The water was placed into a reservoir with firefighters to use.PHOTO 14: looking through a door at the fire. Sunday Feb. 18, 2007- 1:15 am at 147 Cove View Rd. a milking equipment shed caught fire and took 30 firefighters two hours to knock down. The equipment shed had to have a trench cut in the roof to keep the fire from spreading to the attached to milking parlor. There were no injurie Read more:Dairy
Car Into Power Pole - Feb. 18 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Sunday Feb. 18, 2007 - 6:50 am Steven Conner traveling on E. Frederick St in Stanton, hit a utility pole. The cause of the accident was due to a medical condition. Mr. Conner was not charged. He was taken to Augusta Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.Photo/Story Nathan Combs
340 and 608 2 Car Wreck - Feb. 17 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1, 2: The SUV knocked out power to the stoplights at the intersection. PHOTO 3, 4, 5: The car ended up in the intersection with heavy damage to the back of the car. Firefighters had to remove a door to remove the driver. PHOTO 6: Firefighters had to direct traffic at the intersection. PHOTO 7, 8, 9: Photographs of firefighters that responded to the accident. Saturday Feb. 17, 2007 - 4:00 pm A SUV rear ended a car at the intersection of 340 and 608 in Stuarts Draft. After the SUV hit the back of the car it then slammed into the poll which held up stoplights for the intersection. The accident knocked out the stoplights at the intersection for several hours. The driver of the SUV was charged with reckless driving. One person was taken to Augusta Medical Center for minor injuries.Photo/Story Nathan Combs Read more:Wreck
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3 Car Wreck 340- Feb. 17 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: fire crews on the scene directing traffic on 340. PHOTO 2, 3: The red SUV that pulled out and hit the white Subaru. PHOTO 4, 5: In the southbound lane facing the wrong direction, the Subaru sustained heavy front end collision damage. Saturday Feb. 17, 2007 - 6:00 pm A red SUV making a right turn onto 340 struck a white Subaru and another vehicle. There was heavy damage to the SUV and the white car. The Subaru that was heading north got knocked into the southbound lane. The driver of the SUV was charged with failing to yield. There were only minor injuries.Photo/Story Nathan Combs Read more:Wreck
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Waynesboro City Council has cancelled their regularly scheduled Work Session. 1970-01-01 00:59:59 TAKE NOTICE February 22,2007 The Waynesboro
City Council
has cancelled their regularly
scheduled Work Session
on Monday, March 5, 2007, at 6:00 P.M. and rescheduled it for Monday, March 19, 2007, at 6:00 P.M. in Council Chambers of the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 West Main Street, Waynesboro, Virginia. Please contact Bonnie S. Stephenson, Clerk of Council, at (540) 942-6669, in Room #210 of the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 West Main Street, Waynesboro, Virginia, if you have any questions. Bonnie S. Stephenson, CMC Clerk of Council Waynesboro, Virginia Read more:Waynesboro City
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Couple Suspected Of Cruelty And Injury To a Child - Feb. 27 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Tuesday Feb. 27, 2007 - Steven Tomlin, 35, and Heather Tomlin, 27, of 58 Old Hermitage Rd. have been charged with two counts each of cruelty and injury to a child. The couple is suspected of reversing the door locks and nailing shut the bedroom windows of there two daughters, that are15 and 16 years old. The 15-year-old told police that she'd been held in her room for months, and was only allowed out for school. Steven Tomlin and Heather Tomlin were released Saturday on a $5,000 bond. Photo Augusta County Sheriff's OfficeStory Nathan Combs Read more:Cruelty
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Augusta Co. Sheriff Office Press Conferences - Child Abuse Case - Feb. 27 1970-01-01 00:59:59 PHOTO 1: Augusta
Co. Sheriff
Randall D. Fisher giving the press information. PHOTO 2: Elizabeth Middleton, director of Shenandoah Valley Social Services.Tuesday Feb. 27, 2007 – 5:30 pm, The August Co. Sheriff Department held a press conference to give out information on the Father and stepmother that are suspected of Child abuse. Steven Tomlin, and Heather Tomlin had alegtliey locked there two daughters, that are 15 and 16 years old in there rooms. The rooms had little more then box springs and camping toilets. Augusta Co. Sheriff's office said the Tomlins' two daughters were kept in the rooms as punishment. The two girls where a lowed to leave the locked rooms to go to school and when not being punished where allowed to go see friends. The 15-year-old sad she'd been held in her room for 100 days. Her sister the 16-year-old was held for 128 days. The Kitchen cabinets in the home were kept locked also. Authorities learned of what was happing in the home after a friend of the 15 Read more:Press
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250 Six In Wreck - March 2 2007-03-03 04:21:00 PHOTO 1: A section of 250 near Goose Creek Rd. was block off do to the acceded. PHOTO 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: The 2 cars, 1 truck, 1 SUV and the trailer that was carrying a small front end loader. The front end loader and the trailer hit a near by business. PHOTO 8, 9: Heart people being taken car of before being taking to the hospital. PHOTO 10: A VA State Trooper speaking to witness. PHOTO 11, 12: Firefighters pick up obstructions from the road left from the accident. PHOTO 13: Personal belongings form the SUV. PHOTO 14: A TV reporter filming the accident. PHOTO 15: A firefighter doing his duty. Read more:Wreck
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TRAFFIC ALERT FOR WEEK OF March 5-9, 2007 2007-03-02 21:48:00 AUGUSTA COUNTY Interstate 64 * No activity reported. Interstate 81 * Rockbridge County line to Rockingham County line – Debris cleanup north and southbound Monday through Friday. Primary Roads * Route 11 – Debris pickup from Monday through Friday. * Route 250 – Expect delays due to trucks entering from Route 636 between Route 637 to Route 358 Monday through Saturday. * Route 256 – Debris pickup from Monday through Friday. * Route 275 – Debris pickup from Monday through Friday. * Route 340 – Debris pickup from Monday through Friday. * Route 340 – Ditch cleaning north of Route 612 Monday through Friday. * Route 340 (Rosser Avenue) – Trucks entering from worksite from Route 608 to Route 1501 for utility work in the street with flagger traffic control during daylight hours Monday through Saturday. Secondary Roads * Route 605 – Ditching from Route 865 to Route 608 Monday through Wednesday with single lane road. * (NEW) Ro Read more:March
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Mt. Sidney Man Convected Of Preying On Children - March 1 2007-03-01 21:17:00 Friday March
1, 2007 Donald E. Campbell, 73, of 25 Sidney
Lane, Mt. Sidney, was found guilty on four counts of aggravated sexual battery and one count of forcible sodomy. His four victims ranged in age from 5 to 12 years old. Campbell had hired the children to do odd jobs like mowing his lawn and cleaning his taller. When they interd his trailer he would molest them. Campbell was also regular baby-sitter from June 2005 to May 2006 for two of the children that are brother and sister. Campbell had been found out after one of the victims told her mother about the molestation. The mother then called police and the Virginia State Police investigated. Trooper Melody Parsons, headed up the investigation. Campbell was arrested on Sept. 9. The conviction could put Campbell in prison for life. Story Nathan Combs Read more:Children
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