MT. JACKSON -- At some point in time, Gerald Forsburg knew the trip he took to France at the end of high school would come back and make professional relevance.
WOODSTOCK -- A Central High School FFA student and the chapter adviser were among the award winners at the state convention at Virginia Tech late last month.
WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council's ordinance committee reluctantly recommended Monday that the full panel adopt an ordinance that would move balloting in town elections to Central High School.
WOODSTOCK -- As he prepares to step down after nearly a quarter-century on the bench, General District Court Judge Norman deVere Morrison wants to be remembered as someone who made a positive difference in people's lives.
WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council voted 4-3 Monday night, with Mayor Bill Moyers breaking a tie, to adopt a budget for next year that includes funding for Woodstock's enhancement program.
WOODSTOCK -- In separate lawsuits against town doctors filed in April in Shenandoah County Circuit Court, two women are seeking a combined $4.7 million in damages.
WOODSTOCK -- A town man will serve two years in prison for crimes related to breaking into St. John Bosco Roman Catholic Church and Seed for the Nations thrift store in November, according to Shenandoah County Circuit Court records.
WOODSTOCK -- The new neighbor on Swartz Lane has some fence mending to do if he wants to fit into the neighborhood. First, he'll have to tear down the fence he's building -- the one that cuts off access to their homes.
HARRISONBURG -- A chapter 11 petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court will stop the foreclosure on an 18-lot townhome property in Woodstock, its developer said Friday.
MT. JACKSON -- The Meems Bottom Covered Bridge on Wissler Road will be closed each day next week as the Virginia Department of Transportation repairs the structure.
WOODSTOCK -- The parents of a 17-year-old boy who plunged to his death from his Massanutten Military Academy dorm window in 2007 are suing the institution for $25.35 million.
NEW MARKET -- The Commonwealth Transportation Board adopted the six-year improvement program for fiscal years 2010-15 and the Virginia Department of Transportation's fiscal 2010 budget Thursday.
STRASBURG -- Rather than continue work on an update of Strasburg's 2003 comprehensive plan, officials should create a new one, town planner Judson Rex says in a recent memo.
WOODSTOCK -- Contestants who want to participate in Dave Martin's Bullride Mania at this year's Shenandoah County Fair must register by Aug. 14. People can sign up for bull riding, bronco riding and barrel racing by calling 717-334-7724, according to...
WOODSTOCK -- Though some of its funding could be redirected, "nobody wants to just throw away" the Woodstock Enhancement Committee, Councilwoman Jackie Lambert said Tuesday.
WOODSTOCK -- Aspiring Shenandoah County District 4 Supervisor candidate Carolyn Miller couldn't have come any closer to getting on this November's ballot.
WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury indicted an Edinburg man late last month on charges that he maliciously wounded and attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl.
HARRISONBURG -- The Florida man charged with burning down Bad Water Bill's Bar-B-Q Barn in Strasburg has been released on bond, according to online court records.
WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man pleaded guilty last week in Shenandoah County Circuit Court to his involvement in a gunfight more than 18 months ago, according to online records.
WOODSTOCK -- Supporters of Woodstock's enhancement program packed the Town Council's chamber Monday night, urging the panel to reconsider plans to cut the endeavor's funding from next year's budget.
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Public Schools' first encounter with voters during a non-general election could have gone a little better, Superintendent Keith Rowland told the School Board on Thursday night.
WOODSTOCK -- Two propane tanks were taken from an outbuilding in the 100 block of Stultz Gap Road, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
STRASBURG -- Bad Water Bill's Bar-B-Q Barn's links to motorcycle gangs led to it being torched in the fall of 2003, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney's office for the Western District of Virginia.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Planning Commission has recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a special-use permit to allow an archery business just south of A-Way 2 Play on U.S. 11 south of Woodstock.
WOODSTOCK -- James Woodrow Strawderman killed two birds while stoned. As he cooked methamphetamine at locations throughout Shenandoah County, specifically the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, an always-armed Strawderman would use the occasion to take target practice, according to evidence presented Wednesday in Shenandoah County Circuit Court.
WOODSTOCK -- Town business owners offered varied opinions this week on the Town Council's recent decision to cut all funding for Woodstock's enhancement program from next year's budget.
STRASBURG -- Oranda Road was set to reopen at 5 a.m. today after being closed for repairs related to a sinkhole, according to a press release form the Virginia Department of Transportation.
WOODSTOCK -- Aside from the inmates, there aren't really any cons to entering into a regional jail project, at least according to attorney William H. Hefty.
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County's Planning Commission has recommended approval of a site plan for the renovation and expansion of the former Dorothy's Inn on U.S. 11 south of Woodstock.
NEW MARKET -- A Strasburg man faces a burglary charge and two counts of soliciting without a permit, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
STRASBURG -- A host of additional services could add about $700,000 to the original $1 million estimate for the engineering of Strasburg's wastewater treatment plant upgrade.
STRASBURG -- Oranda Road will remain closed until repairs related to a sinkhole are complete, according to a press release from the Virginia Department of Transportation.
MT. JACKSON -- Gale Netz's latest witch hunt went all too well. Using a centuries-old practice called water witching, Netz, Mt. Jackson's utilities director, found the town its newest source for water, and officials are awaiting testing to determine if the latest well, which would be the town's most productive, is fit to go to work.
Polling locations throughout the Northern Shenandoah Valley will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. for Tuesday's Democratic primary. Voters can find the name of their polling place and its location on their registration cards.
STEPHENS CITY -- A 16-year-old boy faces several charges after two teenagers say he and an accomplice robbed and assaulted them Saturday in a residential neighborhood, authorities said.
WOODSTOCK -- A town woman faces a charge of felony child neglect after her 2-year-old child was found wandering around the used car lot at Grubbs Chevrolet.
WOODSTOCK -- The woman who used to run the Shenandoah County Jail accused the Board of Supervisors of blowing smoke when it asked Sheriff Timothy C. Carter to research alternatives to building a new jail.
WOODSTOCK -- The Democratic challenger seeking the 15th District House of Delegates seat says he has an idea that can break a partisan deadlock over expanding unemployment insurance.
STRASBURG -- Rather than raise general fund taxes or utility tap fees, Strasburg officials have opted to dip into the town's reserves to balance next year's budget, Town Manager Kevin Fauber said Friday.
WOODSTOCK -- Though it's been nearly a year since the Town Council's first public hearing on an ordinance that would relocate balloting in town elections to Central High School, some residents' concerns about the move haven't changed.
WOODSTOCK -- Former Shenandoah County School Board Chairman James Fitzsimmons has announced he is challenging incumbent Sharon Baroncelli for the District 4 Board of Supervisors' seat.
STRASBURG -- Work to repair a sinkhole on Oranda Road in Shenandoah County was set to be completed Friday evening, a Virginia Department of Transportation official said earlier that day.
STRASBURG -- A 15-year-old Strasburg boy faces two counts of grand larceny. Staff at Signal Knob Middle School found an iPod and a calculator that had been stolen. The calculator, which belonged to the school, was worth $100, Shenandoah County...
QUICKSBURG -- Clinging like a tick to all of the deserved celebrating on graduation night always seems to be the anxiousness surrounding the future for those seniors walking across the stage.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors isn't yet prepared to make a decision regarding whether it takes part in a proposed regional jail, Chairman David Ferguson said Thursday.
WOODSTOCK -- The owner of Multistone International Inc., which was burned out of its Strasburg home last year, has been released from the Shenandoah County Jail after receiving a positive review from a Western State Hospital psychologist.
STRASBURG -- The accomplishments are there. The appearance is there. You just wait for the demeanor to present itself to prove that Jonathan Wilson is a force on the wrestling mat.
STRASBURG -- Work to repair a sinkhole on Oranda Road in Shenandoah County was set to begin Thursday evening and continue into today, a Virginia Department of Transportation official said.
WOODSTOCK -- The bulk of the $93,600 the Town Council recently voted not to spend on Woodstock's enhancement program in fiscal 2010 still must be spent on tourism, officials said Wednesday.
EDINBURG -- Part of Edinburg Gap Road will be closed overnight into Friday morning for box culvert work, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
STRASBURG -- The woman who struck a Strasburg High School student with her Honda Accord on Holliday Street on Monday will not face any charges, Police Chief Tim Sutherly said Wednesday.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County Board of Supervisors has selected a potential site for the much-debated regional jail proposed for Warren, Shenandoah and Rappahannock counties.
WOODSTOCK -- In a 3-2 vote Tuesday night, the Town Council amended its proposed fiscal 2010 budget to eliminate all funding, including salaries, for the Woodstock's enhancement program.
NEW MARKET -- Verbally thrashed by Shenandoah County residents last month, Dave Dolan needed only a few weeks to find a place that would embrace his idea for a corporate training center.
STRASBURG -- A Strasburg High School student was expected to recover from head injuries after being struck by a car near the school and flown to a Northern Virginia hospital Monday afternoon.
MT. JACKSON -- A Missouri truck driver was charged after state police say his tractor-trailer ripped some boards off the Meems Bottom Covered Bridge on Monday.
WOODSTOCK -- Town police have released a picture of a truck similar to the one used as a getaway car for the man who robbed Stellar One Bank on Friday.
WOODSTOCK -- Say adios to "omg" and "lol." The text message is the line of communication of choice among today's youth, and when the fruits of a teacher's labor can be found in one, you know a lesson plan went right. That has been the case for students in one of Nora Fletcher's eighth-grade Spanish classes at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School.
WINCHESTER -- A Toms Brook man faces charges after a state bomb squad unit was called to a city home last week to dispose of several explosive devices, authorities said.
WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man was sentenced in Shenandoah County Circuit Court on Wednesday to serve four years in prison for his role in a local methamphetamine ring.
HARRISONBURG -- A Columbia, S.C., man who was allegedly hauling illegal narcotics back to his home state when he was stopped by state police on Interstate 81 in Shenandoah County, has been indicted on two drug counts.
STRASBURG -- In recognition of this past March's heart-stopping -- literally -- collision between two Strasburg High School baseball players, the baseball complex is being given an automated electronic defibrillator.
WOODSTOCK -- Eighteen months after two Edinburg men got into a gun battle with each other, one of them has been indicted by a Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury on a charge stemming from the incident.
EDINBURG -- The local impact of a deadly bat disease has been absent so far, according to Jim Smalls, ranger for the Lee District of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests.
WINCHESTER -- The Valley Conservation Council recognized several people and organizations with better models for development awards Thursday night at the George Washington Hotel.
In the hours after the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors closed down the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, some volunteers wondered aloud if their squads were next to be shuttered.
STRASBURG -- Half Moon Beach will not reopen this year after closing last summer in the wake of two drownings that occurred less than a month apart at the former quarry.
WOODSTOCK -- Those in the stands and dotting the hillsides at Massanutten Military Academy on Friday sat in near silence as the final roll call was read during the school's Memorial Day ceremony.
EDINBURG -- Road work will close Va. 675 from 9 p.m. Wednesday to 4 a.m. Thursday, according to a press release from the Virginia Department of Transportation.
FRONT ROYAL -- A site for the regional jail proposed for Warren, Shenandoah and Rappahannock counties has been selected, according to Warren County Administrator Douglas P. Stanley and Board of Supervisors Chairman Archie Fox.
WOODSTOCK -- A former Berryville Police Department sergeant was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail on Wednesday in Shenandoah County Circuit Court for using obscene and vulgar language by telephone.
WOODSTOCK -- While their counterparts in Warren County were expected to pick the site for a controversial regional jail Tuesday night, not all the members of Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors are sold on the idea of a three-county lockup.
WOODSTOCK -- Jill Yew's directives ended on a positive, and appropriate, note. "Have fun," she said to a group of 10 youths Tuesday. "That's the main reason why we're in here."
STRASBURG -- International Automotive Components has furloughed 133 workers due to the shuttering of General Motors and Chrysler assembly plants, and unless IAC changes course on one of its GM contracts, 110 of them won't be coming back.
WOODSTOCK -- Next month, nearly a year after the panel declined to move voting in town elections to Central High School, the Town Council will seek public comment on an ordinance that would do just that.
STRASBURG -- It had a western feel that was different from any atmosphere in years past, but many of the traditional activities residents have come to enjoy remained intact as the town celebrated its 27th Annual Mayfest in grand style on Saturday.
STRASBURG -- The Strasburg Chamber of Commerce's tourism committee has been awarded a grant that will help pay for part of the planning needed to establish a visitor center.
TIMBERVILLE -- The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Protection Agency have opened a criminal investigation against the former owner of a local wastewater treatment plant.
WOODSTOCK -- Working under the theory that all three campuses were created equal, the Shenandoah County School Board adjusted the 2009-10 budget it passed Thursday night by more than $50,000.
EDINBURG -- Residents and visitors to Edinburg have lost an option when it comes to buying gas, grabbing a sandwich or picking up convenience-store items.
WOODSTOCK -- District 4 Supervisor Sharon Baroncelli held on to the Shenandoah County Republican Party nomination for her seat by a wide margin Friday night.
FORT VALLEY -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of several thousand dollars' worth of furniture in the 100 block of Lost Lane.
NEW MARKET -- Keep Shenandoah Rural has done just that. The grassroots organization that formed to fight Dave Dolan's plan to buy 924 acres at Franwood Farms off of Smith Creek Road and start a corporate training center there claimed a victory this week when one of the farm's owners withdrew an application for a special-use permit. Steve Long, who owns the turkey farm with two of his older brothers, said he pulled the application because the family had grown impatient waiting on a contract from Dolan.
TOMS BROOK -- State police have identified the 17-year-old Northern Virginia boy who was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 north of Toms Brook on Wednesday evening.
STRASBURG -- More than a decade after the project was first proposed, three women who were instrumental in the Strasburg River Walk's development will officially open the trail Saturday morning.
Even if the boards of supervisors in Shenandoah and Warren counties are able to delay being locked into a contract for a regional jail site for another year, that's likely still too soon to know for sure if the state will pay half the construction costs.
STRASBURG -- Members of the Town Council's finance committee will discuss where to lay the burden of balancing next year's budget one last time at the end of the month.
TOMS BROOK -- A 17-year-old Northern Virginia boy was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday evening on Interstate 81 north of Toms Brook, state police said.
WOODSTOCK -- The new traffic light at the intersection of Hisey Avenue and Va. 42 will go into full operation Monday, according to a news release from the Virginia Department of Transportation.
WOODSTOCK -- The Department of Motor Vehicles' Woodstock office will be closed May 19 as the agency prepares for a new process to issue drivers' licenses, according to a DMV press release.
WOODSTOCK -- It's hard for a doctor to heal a wound or treat an illness if he's not allowed to do a thorough examination. That's the situation Dr. John C. "Jack" Potter finds himself in.
STRASBURG -- Several developers encouraged the Town Council on Tuesday night to rethink raising the town's water and sewer tap fees from $10,000 to $12,500 each.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue is saying "thanks, but no thanks" to the county EMS agencies' former operational medical director's offer to once again oversee local rescue squads.
MT. JACKSON -- As swine flu fears have driven down pork sales in recent weeks, both government agencies and pork producers have worked to assure consumers that it's safe to enjoy the other white meat. Video: Hog farmer says pork is safe to eat
STRASBURG -- A Front Royal teen was charged with reckless driving and having defective equipment after striking a Strasburg man walking along U.S. 11 early Saturday morning, according to Strasburg Police Chief Tim Sutherly.
Members of the Shawnee Girl Scout Council voted "overwhelmingly" Saturday to merge operations with the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital, an official said.
STRASBURG -- A pattern of unprofessional and incompetent performance combined with a lack of volunteers to consistently run calls led the push to shut down the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, according to documents released by the Shenandoah County administration.
STRASBURG -- The town will put a request for proposals for an energy audit on hold until after officials adopt a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the buildings and grounds committee decided Friday.
MAURERTOWN -- Two men have been charged in relation to a January larceny that occurred in the 100 block of Big Oak Lane, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg woman faces charges of drunken driving and felony hit and run related to an April 30 incident, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WOODSTOCK -- Building a methamphetamine empire is easier than taking it down. While the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office and other local law enforcement agencies were pleased last year when they broke up the largest meth operation known to the area, the fact remains that the whole ring existed for a long time in their backyard.
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County government workers got a last-minute salary reprieve Thursday afternoon when the Board of Supervisors adopted the fiscal 2010 budget.
HARRISONBURG -- A Strasburg veterinarian is suing his ex-wife in U.S. District Court for $100,000, claiming she falsely spread allegations that he was mentally ill and cruel to animals.
STRASBURG -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of a Stihl chain saw and copper tubing from a home in the 300 block of Cedar Hill Road. The items, valued at about $400, were taken from a...
WOODSTOCK -- Five people were sentenced to a total of 67 years in prison Wednesday in Shenandoah County Circuit Court for their roles in a methamphetamine-making enterprise.
WOODSTOCK -- The phones began ringing around 1 a.m. on April 21, and within half an hour a group of volunteers had gathered to open a shelter for travelers caught behind a fatal tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81.
LURAY -- In the final analysis, it comes down to people. That's why Democrat John Lesinski, of Washington, Va., is trying to unseat two-term Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock.
EDINBURG -- A woman was rearrested after failing to maintain the conditions of her release after she was arrested earlier in the day, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
TOMS BROOK -- A man who resisted arrest while causing a disturbance at a truck stop was subdued by deputies before being taken into custody, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
Although there are no confirmed swine flu cases in Northern Shenandoah Valley schools, local officials are educating pupils and their parents on how to vigilantly prevent the spread of the virus. Swine flu interactive graphic
MT. JACKSON -- A 17-year-old boy from Edinburg has been charged with communicating a bomb threat in relation to a January incident at Triplett Tech, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WOODSTOCK -- Normally, sheriffs don't like to think of breakouts in relation to jails. But, in the case of Shenandoah County, Sheriff Timothy C. Carter is hoping the Board of Supervisors breaks out of the "regional jail box."
WOODSTOCK -- Though some of the project's funding will likely come from Woodstock's rainy day fund, the finance committee will recommend the Town Council move forward with plans to refurbish the tennis courts at W.O. Riley Park.
NEW MARKET -- As some residents walked out during a meeting with the man proposing a corporate training center northeast of town Thursday night, they said words to themselves not befitting the courteous Shenandoah Valley.
WOODSTOCK -- The southbound lanes of Interstate 81 were closed for just over an hour Friday afternoon after a tractor-trailer overturned near the Va. 42 interchange, state police Sgt. F.L. Tyler said.
RICHMOND -- A man and a woman from Virginia contracted swine flu on recent trips to Mexico and have recovered after mild confirmed cases, officials said Thursday.
WOODSTOCK -- After years of telling the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors that he is opposed to plans for a proposed regional jail, Sheriff Timothy C. Carter seemed to have gotten through to them, or at least most of them, at a Thursday night public safety and code committee meeting.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Fair Association has rounded out its entertainment lineup for the 2009 fair with country singer Jamey Johnson, according to its Web site. Johnson joins country acts Kenny Rogers and Julianne Hough and classic rock group...
WOODSTOCK -- A Broadway man was sentenced Wednesday to serve nine years in prison for his role in stealing vehicles, power tools, hand tools and car parts.
WINCHESTER -- As of late Tuesday, there were no cases of swine flu reported in Virginia. But state and local health officials are getting ready, just in case. Valley Forum: Are you afraid of the swine flu? Are you taking any precautions? Post your thoughts
WOODSTOCK -- Keeping the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad's problems quiet is "coming back to bite us now," Shenandoah County District 4 Supervisor Sharon Baroncelli said Tuesday, and the county should handle such situations differently in the future.
NEW MARKET -- The former assistant treasurer of the New Market Volunteer Fire Department has been charged with 20 counts of forgery and obtaining money by false pretenses in Rockingham County.
STRASBURG -- Several Town Council members questioned Monday night how much the town should add to its rainy day fund and how much it should borrow for capital improvements in the coming budget year.
STRASBURG -- The consensus of Town Council members who attended a public safety committee meeting on Saturday was to embrace a regional plan that would incorporate members from the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad into regional coverage supervised by Shenandoah County Fire and Rescue.
NEW MARKET -- If found guilty, two New Market Volunteer Fire Department firefighters charged with starting a number of blazes in the region will join a little-studied group -- firefighters who are firestarters.
NEW MARKET -- The Town Council's public safety committee chairman plans to ask his panel to recommend reinstatement of funding to the New Market Volunteer Fire Department.
WOODSTOCK -- Preliminary hearings for the two New Market Volunteer Fire Department volunteers charged with burning barns and abandoned houses locally have been set for 3 p.m. May 15.
Rock musicians Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have picked the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network as the charitable beneficiary of their May 5 concert in Charlottesville.
WOODSTOCK -- The involvement of hazardous materials "played a huge role" in how emergency personnel handled a fiery crash on Interstate 81 Monday night that left three people dead, Shenandoah County Fire and Rescue Chief Gary Yew said Thursday.
WOODSTOCK -- One of the three men identified as a main cook in a major local methamphetamine manufacturing operation pleaded guilty to two charges earlier this month in Shenandoah County Circuit Court.
STRASBURG -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of an antique pie safe from a home in the 5000 block of John Marshall Highway.
WOODSTOCK -- Two Edinburg men were among the three people killed in a fiery Monday night crash on Interstate 81 that left the highway's southbound lanes closed for about 16 hours Tuesday.
NEW MARKET -- One of the young New Market Volunteer Fire Department firefighters charged with setting fires in the New Market area was seen leaving an abandoned house minutes before it went up in flames Friday, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in Shenandoah County Circuit Court.
WOODSTOCK -- Attorneys for the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad have countered the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' legal claim against the agency.
QUICKSBURG -- Ashby Lee Elementary School Assistant Principal Alfred R. Price was at school Wednesday, nearly a week after he was arrested near his house on a drunken driving charge.
EDINBURG -- The U.S. Forest Service has contracted the replacement of two low-water crossings on Cub Run Road, with work beginning Monday and lasting through October, according to a press release.
STRASBURG -- Though its location has changed, its collection has grown and its patrons' needs have evolved, the Strasburg Community Library's mission has remained constant in the 50 years since its creation.
WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council is ready for the critics. The panel scheduled a public hearing for May 5 for its proposed fiscal 2010 budget during a work session Monday night. The budget has a $4.53 million general fund and $9.2 million public utilities fund, which includes a 10 percent increase in sewer rates.
WOODSTOCK -- Lessons learned from a 2007 crash that closed northbound Interstate 81 near Strasburg for 18 hours proved valuable to those handling the fatal collision that closed the highway's southbound lanes for about 16 hours Tuesday, officials said.
NEW MARKET -- Two members of the New Market Volunteer Fire Department were behind a three-week arson spree in the New Market area, investigators said Monday.
EDINBURG -- Less than a week after the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors shut down the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, a meeting of the Shenandoah County Fire and Rescue Association was abruptly called off because a member of the press was in attendance.
STRASBURG -- Half of the $50,000 annual donation the town typically makes to the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad will go into an emergency services reserve fund, the Town Council's finance committee decided Monday.
NEW MARKET -- Any resident against having a military training facility built locally should cover their ears for what Robert Love has to say about the tactical training center in Halifax County.
WOODSTOCK -- People from all over Shenandoah County and those with roots here came together to celebrate the county's -- and their families' -- history on Saturday.
STRASBURG -- Authorities say a Georgia woman fell asleep at the wheel while driving on Interstate 81 Sunday morning, causing a wreck and sending seven people to the hospital.
WOODSTOCK -- Rather than laying off a handful of employees in the face of revenue shortages, the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors on Friday instead opted to spread the misery around.
NEW MARKET -- Two New Market policemen ran into a burning apartment building without protective gear Thursday morning, one helping residents evacuate, the other working to knock down the flames.
STRASBURG -- The Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad's license to run emergency calls was picked up Wednesday by the state's Office of Emergency Medical Services.
WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury indicted Jody Lynn Bradley on Wednesday on a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his daughter's boyfriend.
EDINBURG -- To the extent Sam Miller likes animals, he was in the right place last week. A "big-time" hunter, Miller, 17, loves cats, dogs and his $450 chinchilla rat. Combined, they're making him one with the eagles.
STRASBURG -- The Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to spend about $50,000 for a study of the sanitary sewer system that serves the U.S. 11 corridor north of downtown.
WOODSTOCK -- Until a state police investigation into the New Market Volunteer Fire Department's finances is complete, the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors will withhold $30,000 in funding for the organization.
WOODSTOCK -- Volunteers with the now disbanded Strasburg Rescue Squad wanted to know how they could get back into business Tuesday during an open meeting following the decision to dissolve it.
STRASBURG -- In a 6-2 vote Tuesday night, the Town Council approved a resolution supporting the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' decision to dissolve the Strasburg Volunteer Rescue Squad.
WOODSTOCK -- Although five class 1 misdemeanor counts against him were dismissed in Shenandoah County General District Court on Friday, Strasburg developer Jerry King remains fired up about Fire Marshal David Ferguson having him arrested on alleged code violations in January.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' budget committee meeting scheduled for 8 a.m. today has been postponed, according to county administration.
NEW MARKET -- A Roanoke-area man is in negotiations with the landowners of Franwood Farms about purchasing 511 acres of mountain land to conduct various forms of local, state and federal training.
EDINBURG -- Residents can share their thoughts on proposed increases to the town's minimum monthly water and sewer charges at a Town Council public hearing Tuesday night.
MT. JACKSON -- While this little piggy goes to the market and that little piggy heads home, Christina Sterzer's little piggy might just go to the Parthenon.
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors Chairman David Ferguson was right when he said the possibility of laying off county workers would be unpopular.
FORT VALLEY -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office has charged a woman with hit and run in relation to a crash for which another person was originally charged.
WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council has scheduled a public hearing on a request for a boundary line adjustment that would allow a nursing home to add a wing.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of more than $1,000 worth of tools from a shed in the 1000 block of Lakeview Drive.
STRASBURG -- The town's draft budget for fiscal 2010 will include about $330,000 for unexpected expenses, though a revamped policy for spending that money will likely come after the spending plan is adopted.
WOODSTOCK -- The driver of the vehicle a Woodstock police officer was chasing when his cruiser struck a pickup Tuesday afternoon was arrested at home several hours after the incident, Woodstock Police Chief Jerry Miller said Wednesday.
STRASBURG -- Two town officials hope a new owner would kick-start construction of a planned development on a long-cleared site that has been a source of frustration for many in town.
WOODSTOCK -- Each time Tom Connors made a new estimate, the number got larger -- as did the size of the stars in his eyes and level of enthusiasm in his voice.
EDINBURG -- Susie Wilburn will be seeing a lot of green soon.
She is completing her training as an eco-consultant for Green Irene, which will enable her to go into homes and businesses and spot ways people can make their building environments better for, as you may guess, the environment as a whole.
NEW MARKET -- A fire destroyed a Smith Creek Road house on Saturday.
At 11:48 a.m., members of the New Market Volunteer Fire Company responded to the call at 19421 Smith Creek Road at the Rockingham County line, fire company Sgt. Mike Bell said.
STEPHENS CITY -- Five Sherando High School students took top honors for the second year in a row March 25 at the Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District's 10th annual Envirothon.
WOODSTOCK -- The fur was flying during a heated exchange at the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' property and public works committee meeting Thursday.
WOODSTOCK -- Residents can share their thoughts about restoring two-way traffic on Locust Street at the first of a trio of town public hearings Tuesday night.
STRASBURG -- In keeping with the "Wild West" theme of this year's festival, The Lone Ranger will serve as grand marshal of Strasburg's 27th annual Mayfest celebration.
WOODSTOCK -- Had he known that several million federal stimulus dollars were heading to Shenandoah County Public Schools, Superintendent Keith Rowland never would have asked county supervisors to pony up an additional nearly $800,000 or face teacher cuts.
STRASBURG -- Officials from the town and Strasburg High School met Thursday to discuss the creation of a pilot program that would allow for the collection of more recyclable materials at the school.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Virginia Department of Education's new formula-based method of calculating students' on-time graduation rate offers an improved representation of student completion, graduation and attrition, according to area school officials.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Department of Social Services has seen the number of clients it helps through food stamps increase by one-third in the past six months.
MT. JACKSON -- A 38-year-old man the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office accuses of being connected to the largest methamphetamine ring ever busted in the county has been arrested on a drug charge.
STRASBURG -- The Town Council will likely vote on a contract for a study of the sanitary sewer system that serves the U.S. 11 corridor north of downtown at its April 14 meeting.
STRASBURG -- A Strasburg High School varsity baseball player is in serious condition following an injury at practice Tuesday afternoon, Strasburg athletic director Matt Hiserman said.
NEW MARKET -- Denman Zirkle has the real-life preservation success story that gives the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation good reason to think he can help the group grow out of its adolescence.
FORT VALLEY -- As darkness and chill settled in and she sat alone on a tree stump beside Passage Creek on Saturday night, 90-year-old Dorothy Seaman realized she was in a "pickle."
WOODSTOCK -- The former owner of the burned-down Multistone International Inc. in Strasburg has been jailed on a probation violation and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation because he poses a danger to himself and the public.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County School Board approved a $54.5 million 2009-10 budget Monday in which it also gave Superintendent Keith Rowland freedom to explore creative ways to save the three high school swim teams.
EDINBURG -- A new permit option is being offered for ATV and off-highway vehicle riders who enjoy using the Taskers Gap and Peters Mill Run trail system in Shenandoah County.
STRASBURG -- A hotel on U.S. 11 has withdrawn its request for a lighted sign on the side of the building that faces a nearby battlefield, according to town planner Judson Rex.
WOODSTOCK -- Paid and volunteer fire and rescue workers in Shenandoah County have formed a committee to study how to recover the cost of doing business, the Board of Supervisors' public safety and code committee was told last week.
EDINBURG -- Decorating a cake is no piece of one. The craft takes concentration, creativity and patience. When those ingredients are mixed right, the results can be delightful, evidenced by the 11 submissions in the first Shenandoah County Parks and Recreation cake-decorating contest Saturday.
STRASBURG -- Several town Planning Commission members are suggesting that their panel meet with the Town Council to discuss a letter regarding a floodplain revision related to a controversial subdivision on land adjacent to Cedar Creek.
WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County General District Court judge ruled in favor of County Administrator Vince Poling and the Board of Supervisors in a Freedom of Information Act case Friday afternoon.
MT. JACKSON -- Eleven hunting rifles, along with jewelry and electronics, were reported stolen from a home in the 1900 block of Turkey Knob Road on March 16, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WOODSTOCK -- A mother and daughter face drug charges after narcotics were discovered in their car during a traffic stop, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
STRASBURG -- Two Winchester residents have been charged with stealing guns and a musical instrument from a home in the 100 block of Little Sorrel Drive in December.
Ex-cop charged with using an electronic device to meet minor; May bench trial set By Preston Knight -- pknight@nvdaily.com WOODSTOCK -- A former Berryville Police Department sergeant indicted on one charge of using an electronic device to meet a minor...
STRASBURG -- The town Planning Commission unanimously approved a site plan Tuesday night for phase one of a continuing care retirement facility planned for nearly 54 acres on Hite Lane.
WOODSTOCK -- They may not like it, but currently there is nothing Shenandoah County supervisors can do to prevent out-of-state sludge being spread on county farms.
WOODSTOCK -- Barring a last-minute change, Shenandoah County Public Schools will be bidding farewell to its grant writer position after only a year, yet will leave the door open for a return.
STRASBURG -- As work continues on Strasburg's fiscal 2010 budget, officials will look into several cost-saving measures, including having some employees work different shifts and completing routine vehicle maintenance in house.
STRASBURG -- A Manassas man wanted on 14 felony charges in Maryland -- including six counts of attempted murder -- was arrested by Strasburg police without incident Sunday night.
STRASBURG -- Though some panel members questioned its tone, the Town Council has approved a letter to Shenandoah County outlining the conditions under which Strasburg would provide water and sewer service to a proposed new school outside town.
HARRISONBURG -- A Syracuse, N.Y., man who was found to have a large amount of cocaine hidden in his car during a traffic stop in Shenandoah County was ordered this week to serve five years in federal prison.
NORFOLK -- Northern Virginia Daily news staff members received 43 awards for excellence in writing, photography and newspaper design Saturday during the Virginia Press Association's annual editorial conference.
Crews to monitor 2,800 acres along county boundary By Preston Knight pknight@nvdaily.com EDINBURG -- Even Smokey Bear can't prevent this forest fire. The Lee Ranger District of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest is planning a 2,800-acre controlled burn...
STRASBURG -- At a joint work session Thursday night, elected representatives of Strasburg and Shenandoah County expressed their desire to work together and "keep the dialogue going" after the meeting.
NEW MARKET -- A Delaware man was killed and a passenger flown to the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville following a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 81 Friday afternoon.
WOODSTOCK -- As accused killer Jody Lynn Bradley coldly told a 911 operator that he'd just shot "an intruder" in his home, his teenage daughter's loud, keening sobs were also being recorded.
WOODSTOCK -- The 2009-10 budget presented by Shenandoah County Public Schools on Thursday night includes no layoffs, but just about everything else will see cuts.
STRASBURG -- Officials are preparing to request proposals for the design and preliminary engineering phase of Strasburg's downtown enhancement project.
FRONT ROYAL -- Adding regulations that protect resources outside park boundaries and converting a historic structure into a visitor center were among suggestions submitted by the public on the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park's draft general management plan.
TIMBERVILLE -- The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of nearly $900 worth of items from a carport in the 1000 block of South Middle Road.
The property was taken between March 11 and 12, Maj. Scott Proctor said.
Pair manufactured drugs in what police believe is largest disbanded operation By Preston Knight pknight@nvdaily.com WOODSTOCK -- Two people have received prison sentences in Shenandoah County Circuit Court for their roles in a local methamphetamine-cooking operation. Cynthia Tease, 38, of...
STRASBURG -- The town Planning Commission will likely be ready to vote this month on a site plan for phase one of a continuing care retirement facility planned for nearly 54 acres on Hite Lane.
WOODSTOCK -- A Roanoke man made it on Shenandoah County Circuit Court Judge Dennis L. Hupp's personal list of records and will spend five years in prison because of it.
STRASBURG -- Proposed ordinances reviewed by the town Planning Commission last week would regulate outdoor lighting and create a medical and institutional care zoning district.
WOODSTOCK -- A local legislator is seeking another two years in Richmond. Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Woodstock, announced Tuesday that he will seek a third term in Virginia's lower house.
WOODSTOCK -- An Edinburg man has been indicted by a Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury on charges that he grew and sold hallucinogenic mushrooms from his residence.
QUICKSBURG -- Former U.S. Senator and Virginia Gov. George Allen felt right at home during Saturday's annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Yellow Barn at Shenandoah Caverns, presented by the Shenandoah County Republican Committee.
WOODSTOCK -- One local consequence of the national recession may be a spike in the production and trafficking of illegal methamphetamine in the coming year, Shenandoah County Sheriff Timothy C. Carter said.
STRASBURG -- The Town Council has agreed to purchase a roughly quarter-acre piece of property next to the Town Hall for $160,000, Town Manager Kevin Fauber said.
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County Public Schools will presents its plan to reduce its 2009-10 budget by $2.4 million from the current fiscal year on Thursday.
STRASBURG -- Revisions to Strasburg's charter -- including one moving the appointment of town officers to years without council elections -- have been approved by the General Assembly.
MAURERTOWN -- The alleged victim of a domestic assault reported early March 6 in the 1200 block of Harmon Road ended up being arrested later on drug and alcohol charges, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
WOODSTOCK -- Before renovation of the former Safeway building even starts, Shenandoah County will likely have to perform more than $800,000 in prep work.
WOODSTOCK -- A Strasburg woman who was charged with trying to drown her then 5-year-old son last April, and pleaded guilty to reduced charges in January, was sentenced Wednesday to serve three years in prison.
WOODSTOCK -- Wide confusion can be found among people trying to decipher the Virginia Department of Transportation's $2.6 billion plan to cut costs, and a local delegate appears to be among them, a VDOT spokesman said Wednesday.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors has awarded a Lynchburg company a $220,500 contract to design engineering plans to build a pipe connecting the county landfill and the wastewater treatment plant located across U.S. 11.
STRASBURG -- In the coming weeks, officials will seek ways to "shrink" projected tax and fee increases included in Strasburg's draft fiscal 2010 budget.
BASYE -- Though the costumes donned by some revelers were striking, the sight of skiers and snowboarders in T-shirts and shorts was equally eye-catching at Bryce Resort on Saturday.
WOODSTOCK -- The Town Council unanimously approved the expenditure of up to $113,500, though the project will likely cost less, for a solids handling system at Woodstock's water treatment plant Tuesday night.
MT. JACKSON -- The town Planning Commission has ta-bled a decision on a new church for a month as the site plan is still being reviewed, Town Manager Charlie Moore said.
STRASBURG -- Signal Knob Middle School's FFA chapter went for and got the gold last weekend at the state parliamentary procedure competition in Christiansburg.
STRASBURG -- In the month before a request for a lighted hotel sign goes to the Town Council, representatives of the business and a nearby battlefield will discuss ways to work together, officials said Wednesday.
MT. JACKSON -- A utility trailer and a rotary tiller were reported stolen from a property in the 1100 block of Jerome Road on Saturday. It's thought the equipment was taken between Feb. 24 and 25, Shenandoah County Sheriff's Maj....
Proponents of a regional jail serving Shenandoah, Warren and Rappahannock counties have gotten a budget reprieve, but the time has come to act, according to Del. Clifford L. "Clay" Athey Jr.
WOODSTOCK -- In the coming weeks, the town will solicit bids for the refurbishment of the tennis courts at W.O. Riley Park and officials will look for money for the project in the current budget.
NEW MARKET -- The town now has a motto: "Where History and Hospitality Meet." Mayor Larry Smith came up with the idea of a contest seeking ideas from residents for a town slogan. In this month's town newsletter, Janet Ware's...
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah County residents offered their opinions Tuesday afternoon on an application for a permit to spread biosolids on 1,753 acres in two parts of the county.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Strasburg man accused of crashing his pickup into a Warren County residence following a scuffle with another man in December has been indicted on four charges stemming from the incident.
STRASBURG -- Officials can project what Strasburg's water and sewer hook-up fees will be in the coming years, but shouldn't lock those rates in, according to several council members.
RICHMOND -- The Virginia General Assembly has elected an Edinburg woman to be the first female judge of the General District Court of the 26th Judicial Circuit.
WOODSTOCK -- The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors' public safety and code committee is recommending that the full board reinstate the county's contribution to the New Market Volunteer Fire Company.
WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County Circuit Court grand jury indicted the former president of the New Market Volunteer Fire Co. Wednesday on an embezzlement charge.
Bobby Clark was surprised and not surprised all at once. Data recently released from the 2007 U.S. Census of Agriculture details how Virginia, from 2002-07, lost 521,000 acres of farmland.
STRASBURG -- A study of the sanitary sewer system that serves the U.S. 11 corridor north of downtown will likely lead to a construction project, Town Manager Kevin Fauber said.
By Preston Knight -- Daily Staff Writer WOODSTOCK -- A Broadway man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Shenandoah County Circuit Court to his role in a large scheme that involved stealing vehicles to then take power tools, hand tools and car...
WOODSTOCK -- In a unanimous decision, the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to spend about $2.6 million to buy land for two new schools.
STRASBURG -- In his response to a town motion seeking dismissal of his due process claims against Police Chief Tim Sutherly and Strasburg, a former police officer claims the process afforded him was "constitutionally deficient."
STRASBURG -- Several residents voiced concern Monday night about how Strasburg's new curbside recycling program -- and the accompanying $2.49 monthly fee -- would affect the community's older members.
WOODSTOCK -- As the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors works toward possibly developing a private wind generation ordinance, the Shenandoah Forum is doing its part to spread information about the technology.
WOODSTOCK -- Longtime Shenandoah County Supervisor Dennis Morris will face some heat from one of his constituents if he opts for a re-election bid this year.
School officials in the Northern Shenandoah Valley are not concerned about area high schools having to meet new graduation benchmarks for full accreditation.
STRASBURG — With a study of the town’s compensation and personnel policies nearly complete, officials are considering the development of a new employee performance evaluation system.
WOODSTOCK -- The simple circumstances that led to a Tuesday crash involving a Shenandoah County Public Schools bus gave the division's Partners for Safe Teen Driving program an object lesson at just the right time.
Virginia Department of Transportation workers in the Edinburg and Luray residencies will have to wait to learn whether their jobs are among the roughly 1,500 being cut in the next year and a half.
STRASBURG -- Former Mayor Harry R. Applegate was remembered Thursday as a "fine gentleman" and a "very, very giving individual" by his colleague, former Councilman Carl Rinker Jr.
WOODSTOCK -- A busy fire season for the Shenandoah County chapter of the American Red Cross is not being matched by a crowded sum of donations into its disaster budget, putting it in danger of losing its charter, Executive Director Sharon Baroncelli said.
TOMS BROOK -- Firefighters responded quickly to prevent a fire that appeared to have started in a dryer vent from causing extensive damage to a two-story house at 3505 N. Main St.
NEW MARKET -- By a 4-3 vote, the Town Council approved an increase in water and sewer connection fees in the next two years, according to town documents. The in-town connection fees would increase July 1 to $4,500 for water...
MT. JACKSON -- An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon, according to the Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office.
NEW MARKET -- Thousands of dollars' worth of CDs, a stamp collection and other collectibles were stolen from a home in the 200 block of Huckleberry Lane last week.
STRASBURG -- Four teens were charged with a variety of felonies -- including carjacking -- after one boy used a pellet gun to take a fifth boy's wallet and car Sunday night, Strasburg Police Chief Tim Sutherly said Tuesday.
WOODSTOCK -- There are two facts to bear in mind when learning about the Rev. George Bowers and Haiti: It took him years to finally make it there and it may take a few more before the fruits and vegetables of his labor can be witnessed.
STRASBURG -- Three people, including a Sandy Hook Elementary School pupil, were transported to two hospitals following a Tuesday afternoon crash involving a school bus on U.S. 11 near the Interstate 81 interchange north of downtown.
WOODSTOCK -- A proposed bill that would eliminate state aid for new jails is just another example of the General Assembly letting localities down, say local government leaders.
STRASBURG -- A grant-funded housing rehabilitation project in Strasburg's West Branch area is being put on hold for a year in the hopes that more property owners will decide to participate.
WOODSTOCK -- By his own count, Brandon Scott Williams has barely seen six consecutive months of freedom in years, a claim confirmed by a Shenandoah County assistant commonwealth's attorney in Circuit Court.
As the nation's economy has sputtered and construction slowed, area building inspection offices have faced falling permit totals, revenue and staffing levels.
STRASBURG -- In a pair of 7-1 votes Tuesday night, the Town Council approved an ordinance addition and a waiver that together allow the construction of a 60-foot-tall building as part of a planned continuing-care retirement facility.
STRASBURG -- A Prince William County man was charged with possession of marijuana Tuesday after police found 14 "smoking devices" in his car, Strasburg police Lt. Jerome Robinson said.
WOODSTOCK -- A Shenandoah County couple is suing the Board of Supervisors over the panel's controversial decision to approve a new cell phone tower near Edinburg last fall.
STRASBURG -- Residents will have another opportunity to ask questions or share concerns about Strasburg's new curbside recycling program at the Town Council's Feb. 23 public forum.
WOODSTOCK -- With a combination of spending cuts and existing loan proceeds, the town staff was able to fit about $150,000 in capital outlay items and projects into the proposed fiscal 2010 budget.
WOODSTOCK -- Rather than raising sewer rates 30 percent in fiscal 2010, officials will likely split the increase into smaller jumps over several fiscal years, the Town Council's finance committee decided this week.
STRASBURG -- Several Town Council members said Thursday the panel should wait for the results of a feasibility study of the former Brill's Grocery before meeting in executive session to discuss the potential purchase of the property next to the Town Hall.
STRASBURG -- The town is seeking the dismissal of a former police officer's due process claims against Police Chief Tim Sutherly and Strasburg, which were outlined in a lawsuit filed last year.
NEW MARKET -- One can never start daydreaming too early about laying out by the pool. To make those dreams come true in New Market, however, it will require more than just a change in the weather this year. Town staff must first make several immediate repairs to the community pool approved earlier this week by the public works committee.
Not only has no site been publicly named for a regional jail proposed to serve Warren, Shenandoah and Rappahannock counties, but now Virginia legislators are looking at cutting off all state funding for new lockups.
NEW MARKET -- The New Market Planning Commission has approved Life Care Center's plan to add 3,050 square feet to the front of its building for physical therapy purposes.
WINCHESTER -- Operations at the region's main mail processing facility could be reduced or eliminated pending the results of a United States Postal Service study.
STRASBURG -- An anticipated increase in machinery and tools tax revenue has eliminated most of a projected $55,000 shortfall in Strasburg's current general fund budget, officials said Monday.
WOODSTOCK -- To fill their stomachs with something, Haitians often rely on mud cookies. Two local men are scheduled to leave today to work toward changing that.
MT. CRAWFORD -- Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative sent a crew to Kentucky to help restore power lost due to severe winter storms. Crew members from utility's district offices in Augusta, Rockingham and Shenandoah counties left Friday for Hopkinsville, Ky., to...
HARRISONBURG -- Donna Hockman's reputation as an obsessive, jealous girlfriend was corroborated by a number of witnesses during her first-degree murder trial in Rockingham County Circuit Court this week.
STRASBURG -- Though Strasburg's 250th birthday, which falls in 2011, may still seem distant to some, officials said it's never to early to start planning such a celebration.
WOODSTOCK -- Shenandoah Memorial Hospital is looking to expand its personnel -- offering great hours, rewarding work and the chance to meet a variety of new people.
HARRISONBURG -- A Rockingham County Circuit Court jury deliberating whether Donna Hockman is guilty of the first-degree murder of her boyfriend asked for more time after meeting for nearly three hours Thursday evening.
Though the Northern Shenandoah Valley awoke to ice-crusted cars and slick sidewalks Wednesday, the worst of a winter storm that began its march through the area Tuesday had already passed.
STRASBURG -- Family, friends and members of the community came together Saturday night at Strasburg High School turning an outpouring of grief over the sudden death of a Shenandoah teen into a lasting tribute and memorial.
EDINBURG -- A 47-year-old man has confessed to shooting his daughter's 16-year-old boyfriend to death, according to a criminal complaint filed in Shenandoah County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court.