Fauquier County

5TH DISTRICT RACE: Hurt wins another term

WDBJ7 Reporter

Congressman Robert Hurt has been voted into a second term in the 5th Congressional District.  It didn't take voters long for voters to decide they wanted Congressman Hurt in office. Hurt made his acceptance speech feel more like a fireside chat than a...

Tags: Voting, Politics, John Wade, Elections, Robert Hurt

Virginia State Police probe fatal shooting by deputy in Fauquier County

Virginia State Police say they are investigating a fatal shooting by a deputy sheriff in Fauquier County. Authorities say the incident occurred early Friday after deputies from both Fauquier and Stafford counties responded to a report of a crashed and...

Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Shootings

Nearly 70 percent of Virginia schools meet new education benchmarks

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

Tags: Caroline County (Virginia), Dinwiddie County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Isle of Wight County, Franklin (Franklin, Virginia)

Candidates fight for 5th district congressional seat in Danville

WDBJ7 Reporter

"It's kind of funny he keeps calling me mister. It's General Douglass. Okay folks?" said 5th district democratic candidate General John Douglass during a hot debate in Danville Wednesday night. In the first public meeting between Douglass and current...

Tags: Politics, Elections, Mining, Metal and Mineral

Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents

Mary Elizabeth "Becky" Lipp, homemaker

Mary Elizabeth "Becky" Lipp, a homemaker who studied genealogy, died of pneumonia March 24 at the Charlestown Retirement Community. She was 101 and had lived in Govans. She was born Mary Elizabeth Barrett while her mother was traveling on a railroad...

Tags: Christianity, Anglicanism, Pneumonia, Religion and Belief, Govans

Photo in ad solves Civil War mystery

richardb@herald-mail.com

Karen Thatcher knew when she saw it that a photograph of a tintype of a young Confederate soldier was of David Miller Thatcher, her husband Larry Thatcher’s great-great uncle, who died in the Civil War in 1863. “It was the hands,” she...

Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts

Attorney General sues White House party crasher

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has sued White House party crasher Tareq Salahi, claiming Salahi cheated customers who purchased wine tours in northern Virginia. The lawsuit filed Monday in Fauquier County Circuit Court accuses Salahi and his Virginia...

Tags: Litigation, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Ken Cuccinelli

Governor announces conservation grant for Roanoke River Greenway in Salem

     The City of Salem is receiving a grant from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation to acquire nine acres to complete the Roanoke River Greenway project between Rotary Park and the city line.  Another grant was awarded to the city for the trail...

Tags: Caroline County (Virginia), John Smith, Orange County (Virginia), Charity, Forests

Millions of dollars headed to local school systems to help with construction projects

Millions of dollars are headed to local school systems to help with new construction, renovations and expansion projects.  The Virginia Department of Education announced Wednesday the allocation of $229,551,000 in Qualified School Construction Bonds. ...

Tags: Public Schools, Caroline County (Virginia), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Isle of Wight County, Montgomery County (Virginia)