Culpeper News

Nine people overdosed on heroin in the Culpeper, Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg areas during the week of May 13.

THOUGH he grew up in the farmlands of Culpeper, Virginia, singer Big Kenny says his musical tastes were not limited to the country sounds the region is known for.

The disappearance of a Johns Hopkins University graduate student once gripped the region and became known as the "Route 29 Stalker" investigation, but 17 years later her case remains unsolved.

In the past week at least, nine people in the region - two have died - from what police attribute to heroin overdose.

Times-Mirror Photo/Beverly Denny Peter Arundel, 52, is now the sole member of his family with ownership in Times Community Media, which operates several community newspapers and websites in Northern Virginia and the Greater Piedmont.

Culpeper Town Council votes May 13 on a proposal to increase the local meals tax from 5 to 6 cents.

A Circuit Court judge has sentenced a 25-year-old Culpeper County man to 50 years in prison for robbery and malicious wounding.

Epiphany Catholic School in Culpeper, VA is seeking a dedicated and capable principal with strong leadership and teambuilding skills, a commitment to Catholic education, and the desire to help our school grow into the future.

A Madison County woman who cased neighborhoods under the pretense of looking for her lost dog pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to the burglaries of a number of homes.

CULPEPER The Virginia Department of Transportation's emergency project to remove unstable soil from a slope above Interstate 64 at Afton Mountain is suspended again today due to weather conditions.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch through Wednesday evening for much of the north central Virginia foothills and Piedmont, including the cities of Fredericksburg and Culpeper, and the counties of Culpeper, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford and King George.

A former Culpeper County school employee charged with assaulting a 5-year-old autistic boy on a school bus is due in court for arraignment.

May 05--Downtown Culpeper hummed with anticipatory excitement Saturday for opening night of the historic State Theatre on Main Street.

A local bail bondsman is venturing into wireless communication. Cris Bond hosts a grand opening celebration today at his new Boost Mobile store in the Hilltop Shopping Center at the corner of route 3 and Orange Road in the town of Culpeper.

The so-called Western "Bypass" of Charlottesville will dry up future state money that will be needed for Crozet-area road improvements by tying up half of all state dollars coming to the Culpeper District of Virginia's Commonwealth Transportation Board between now and 2050.

Daniel Harmon-Wright, the police officer in Culpeper, Virginia, who shot and killed former Sunday school teacher Patricia Cook in February 2012, has been sentenced to three years in prison.

Daniel Harmon-Wright was given 12 months each for voluntary manslaughter and two lesser felonies in the Feb.

Latinos are frequently treated differently than whites when renting an apartment, according to a review of portions of the Virginia apartment rental market.

It wouldn't be surprising if those at Del. Margaret Ransone's town hall meeting about menhaden in Heathsville last Thursday felt like Robert E. Lee when he realized his army was caught in the trenches at Petersburg.

CULPEPER, Va., May 1, 2013 Culpeper County announced today that Smart911 is now available to all citizens for free to enhance 911 emergency services.