A single vehicle crash on Route 37 Sunday night claimed the life of the driver. The accident occurred near Route 11 in Frederick County at approximately 11:30 p.m.. Virginia State Police identified the victim as 60 year old LaNell Gay Hockman. Police said Hockman was driving a 2004 Audi southbound on Route 37 when she lost [...]
A large scale joint operation has netted one Front Royal resident on numerous felony drug and weapons charges. According to Chief Norman Shiflett, Ronnie Maurice Jones age 36 of Front Royal, was arrested and is being held in the Warren County Jail without bond on numerous criminal charges including: Possession of a Controlled Substance With Intent [...]
Perhaps no one follows the weather more closely than farmers. And now weather data from the state’s agricultural research stations is available to anyone with an Internet connection. Virginia Tech recently completed a $25,000 upgrade of the weather stations at 13 research locations across the state including Middleburg and Frederick County “The Virginia Agricultural Experiment [...]
The Winchester City Council recognized 14-year-old Savannah Payne last night for calling 911 in February after her godmother suffered a seizure while driving. Savannah stayed calm during the call and was able to lead emergency responders to her location. Savannah is pictured with Emergency Communications Specialist Tammy DeHaven who was on the other end of [...]
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A Winchester woman was arrested Thursday, June 6th and charged with two counts of child neglect. Officers from the Winchester Police Department were notified at approximately 1:30 Thursday afternoon that two children under the age of three were seen playing in the street. When officers arrived to the 100 block of East Pall Mall they [...]
NEW MARKET, Va.— The country’s preeminent battlefield historian and the nation’s foremost filmmaker on the Civil War are coming together for a very special event – and a day to remember. On Saturday, June 22, 2013, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields will present a special benefit to support the SVBF’s work on the Third Winchester battlefield. This [...]
More than 900 seniors will receive their diplomas next week as James Wood, Millbrook and Sherando High Schools each hold their commencement exercises. James Wood High School’s graduation ceremony will be held at Kelican Stadium on Wednesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. The rain date is Thursday, June 6 at 7 p.m. Millbrook’s commencement will [...]
WASHINGTON—U.S. beekeepers have struggled with the effects of Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD, for years and have been uncertain of the cause. A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency concluded that the decline in honey bee numbers due to CCD can be attributed to multiple factors. Factors cited include [...]
RICHMOND – According to preliminary reports, Virginia experienced its first significant decline in Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths in several years. Not since 2009, have fatalities been in the single-digits for the four-day statistical counting period for the holiday weekend. From 12:01 a.m. Friday (May 24, 2013) through midnight Monday (May 27, 2013), preliminary numbers [...]
WASHINGTON —Emergency physicians are key decisionmakers for nearly half of all hospital admissions, highlighting a critical role they can play in reducing health care costs, according to a new report from the RAND Corporation. Hospital admissions from the ER increased by 17 percent over seven years, accounting for nearly all the growth in hospital admissions [...]
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