Together again

It's one of Wayside Theatre's most successful shows, and this month "Smoke on the Mountain," written by Connie Ray, Alan Bailey, Mike Craver and Mark Hardwick, will return to the stage in Middletown as the theater's fifth play of its 50th anniversary season.

Express set to roll for inaugural VBL season

STRASBURG -- Nothing that's happened in the past few days has been unexpected; none of it has come as an unwelcome surprise.

Water, water everywhere

Shenandoah County has felt the worst impact from the heavy rainstorms that have swept through the region this week, and is still coping with the aftermath.

Mt. Jackson poultry farm leveled in wake of apparent tornado

MT. JACKSON -- Its normal resting place obliterated, with pieces possibly lodged in a camper or slammed against a car several hundred yards away, a lone white pigeon soars, swoops and lands in an unfamiliar puddle, evidently discombobulated.

Kellam family says sentence 'unjust'

WINCHESTER -- The justice system failed Charceil D. Kellam and unjustly sent her to serve life plus 30 years in prison for minor drug crimes, according to the woman's supporters.

Shelter from the storm: Area churches take in homeless during winter months

A homeless, unemployed electrician, Raymond Brackett makes no bones about what the Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter program means to him.

Fire displaces five

STRASBURG -- A fire charred the top floor of a two-story house at 410 N. Massanutten St. and shut down part of U.S. 11 Monday morning.

Slideshow: The color of fall

View photo slideshow by Daily photographer Rich Cooley

Local farmer uses environmentally friendly practices

EDINBURG -- On a hillside off of Swover Creek Road, snorts and snuffles can be heard coming from the woods. A couple dozen of Jordan Green's pigs are sleeping away a near-triple-digit day in the shade of the trees.

Better late than never: Hosaflook, at 45, is thriving in the boxing ring

It's less than a week before the fight, and after months of training, Scotty Hosaflook wants to shuck the protective head gear and climb through the ropes. After all, he doesn't have a lot of time to carve his niche in boxing.