Front Royal News

BY DEBRA McCOWN BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ST. PAUL, Va. - When the Santa Train rolled into town Saturday, the Jolly Elf in the red suit and Wynonna Judd weren't the only special guests.

View larger image Patti Pitzzuto, manager of Finishing Touches Cleaning Services in Woodstock, recently cleans a picture hanging over a mantel in a home near New Market.

People associated with the Front Royal Salvation Army's kettle drive have high hopes for this year's effort.

Cut of $851 million is not as bad as officials had predicted in Aug. By Garren Shipley -- gshipley@nvdaily.com The news wasn't as awful as it could have been, but it was still plenty bad.

Just three weeks after Warren County officials said they would offer a cash reward for tips leading to the arrest of people who are stealing street signs in the area, authorities have announced that two adult suspects have been charged with related offenses.

The first case in an illegal drug and weapons operation at the Skyline Resort Motel on South Royal Avenue has been certified to a Warren County Circuit Court grand jury.

A Linden man has been indicted by a Warren County Circuit Court grand jury on a charge he tried to stab another man in August.

A local man has pleaded guilty in Warren County Circuit Court to a charge of distributing morphine earlier this year.

Norfolk Southern is attempting to buy hundreds of acres in Jefferson County next to its existing rail line with the intention of building a new intermodal transport facility.

Brochures from the state call the Shenandoah River "the most beautiful river in the country." Some environmental groups have labeled it one of the state's most polluted waterways.

Authorities are not releasing the details of a police investigation regarding an incident related to the resignation of Andrew J. Conlon Jr.

Sunday, November 8, 2009 By Susan Thompson Front Royal - Without further ado Here's the story brought to light, in full living color.

State highway officials want to replace a faulty bridge on U.S. 340 that has reached the end of its life span.

A man charged with multiple felonies in connection with a drug and weapons ring at Skyline Motel in Front Royal has been appointed a new attorney.

A According to the Human Society of the United States , there are approximately 74.8 million owned dogs and 88.3 million owned cats in the United States.

View larger image A group of teens meets at Bowman Library in Stephens City recently for a meeting of the Young Writers Program.

The National Zoo says two older Scimitar-horned oryx, which are extinct in the wild, have died.

National standards for health data exchange permit too much variability and must be tightened, a family practitioner told a federal advisory board on Oct.

A Maryland man who was accused of stealing money from the register of a local department store last year has pleaded guilty to one of two charges he was indicted on in July.

Town Manager J. Michael Graham is asking other town and Warren County officials to consider forming a joint tax abatement program that would provide exemptions for rehabilitated commercial and residential structures.