A bronze statue of Frederick County native Willa Cather will be unveiled at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., according to a media release from the Willa Cather National Statuary Hall Committee.
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Strasburg High School's 3,200 relay squad of, from left, Paige Hiserman, Claire Keefe, Megan Martin and Toni Rhodes, celebrate after their state championship victory on Friday. Strasburg's girls won the Class 2 state title in the Track and Field Championships, a two-day event held at James…
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Shenandoah County leaders voiced support this week for buying the former Valley Health fitness center in Woodstock for $2.9 million.
Shenandoah County Public Schools recently finished repaying more than $140,000 in federal COVID-19 relief money it received by mistake.
The Front Royal Town Council granted Dynamic Life Ministries Inc. permission to bury the body of founder and longtime pastor Walter C. Rogers on its property.
The Warren County Sheriff’s Office is accusing a local man of firing a weapon at another person Tuesday morning during a landlord-tenant dispute.
The developer of a rural events center and vineyard in Warren County can add a “honeymoon suite” to the agricultural tourism site.
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Front Royal planners endorsed several proposed short-term rentals on Wednesday, including a group of cabins on John Marshall Highway.
The Front Royal Town Council plans to fill seats on the local economic development board that hasn’t met in 10 months.
Warren County Public Schools will no longer will accept congratulatory letters from the Sheriff’s Office for graduating students.
FRONT ROYAL -- The Warren County School Board chose a veteran educator and administrator to head the system’s human resources department.
A Shenandoah County teacher accused of exploiting a man’s mental incapacity to obtain money has been suspended from her job.
Warren County’s proposed budget for next year includes pay raises and more spending on projects but doesn't increase taxes.
A Warren County bridge could be named for Trooper Kevin C. Manion, killed in the line of duty in 2006, if a request is approved by state transportation officials.
Most Shenandoah County Public Schools workers can expect to pay less for health insurance next year.
A Shenandoah County couple escaped a house fire with minor injuries Sunday morning.
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Authorities accuse a Shenandoah County woman of exploiting and stealing thousands of dollars from a mentally incapacitated man.
Students walked the stage donning blue gowns on Friday during Laurel Ridge Community College's graduation ceremony, rewarded for years of diligent study with a diploma.
The former Warren County deputy sheriff charged with wounding a 77-year-old man with dementia during a traffic stop last year broke a woman’s nose a few weeks earlier during an arrest, a prosecutor revealed Friday.
Edinburg residents will pay more for utilities starting in July, according to the town’s proposed budget.
Another raft of tourist-rental proposals are heading to the Warren County Board of Supervisors for consideration.
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Campaign signs peppered the lawn at West Oaks Farm Market in Frederick County on Tuesday as the eight candidates seeking the Republican nomination in the state Senate District 1 race shared their views during a forum.
The Front Royal Police Department plans to set up speed cameras in some school zones.
Shenandoah County appears closer to turning 150 acres outside Strasburg into a new park — a plan created more than 20 years ago.
Builders raised concerns Tuesday about proposed increases in fees they pay to do business in Warren County.
Strasburg property owners have more time to pay their tax bills.
The Warren County deputies charged with wounding a man during an April 2022 traffic stop have surrendered to authorities.
College newsNicole Killen, of Strasburg, was honored during the second annual College of Charleston Expo with a first-place Graduate School Sustainability Award for her project “Nudging Toward Sustainable Waste Practices within Athletic Facilities at the College of Charleston.”
A Warren County grand jury on Monday indicted a former and a current sheriff’s deputy on assault charges related to a traffic stop last year that sent a dementia patient to the hospital for a head wound.
Warren County Republican committees have picked their candidates for local and state races.
College news• Emiley Willhite, of Linden, has been hired before graduation as a show performer at Realm of the Reptile in Akron, Ohio. She is a senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biology at Bob Jones University.
Residents of a Warren County community say a proposed rezoning for a housing development would destroy their neighborhood’s rural character.
A jury has found a Front Royal business owner not guilty of misdemeanor sexual battery.
The Warren County Republican Committee will hold a “firehouse” primary today to nominate candidates to run for local and state offices in November.
Early voting starts today for a June 20 Republican primary to pick the candidate for the region’s state senate seat.
The Warren County School Board approved next year’s budget on Wednesday that includes pay raises for employees.
Warren County may change how often it reassesses real estate in response to the roughly 40% increases taxpayers saw this year.
Warren County authorities say a man shot and killed himself on Monday in response to allegations he sexually abused two children.
Most of Front Royal’s elected leaders say they back the town’s economic development authority — at least for now.
A Front Royal congregation wants to bury its pastor near the church he founded and led for more than 20 years.
FRONT ROYAL — A man failed to convince a judge to reduce his 20-year prison sentence for accidentally killing a motorcyclist in 2021.
Editor's note: Corrections have been made to this story because statements should have been attributed to School Board Vice Chairman Dennis Barlow, not to board member Andrew Keller.
A man’s $6 million lawsuit accusing two Warren County sheriff’s deputies of fatally wounding his father last April goes to trial next year.
Shenandoah County supervisors approved new rules Tuesday they say will regulate solar energy facilities and protect agriculture.
Fallout from Shenandoah County supervisors’ action last week on school funding spilled into Tuesday.
Warren County supervisors sent a Catholic congregation’s request for a permit to set up a new church back to the Planning Commission.
A Front Royal woman suffered burns and respiratory problems on Monday when she was exposed to a white powder from a package delivered to her home by mistake.
The Front Royal Town Council cut the real estate tax rate on Monday in response to double-digit increases in property values.
A Shenandoah County fire official says lightning struck and set a barn ablaze Saturday afternoon.
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