Colton Berry settles back home after "American Idol"

It’s been a pretty crazy seven months for Colton Berry.

Since August, he’s directed plays for ShenanArts, finished high school, turned 18 and traveled back and forth to the West Coast “five or six times.”

And of course there’s the little matter of appearing as one of the top 24 contestants on one of the highest-rated television shows in history, becoming known to American Idol fans across the country and abroad and jump-starting his career doing what he’s “always wanted to do.”

So begins an article in today's Waynesboro News Virginian about this local celebrity. Read it all here.