Kilmarnock News

In 1895, the first Northern Neck debutantes participated in a Holly Ball. More than 100 years later the tradition remains strong.

In his 24 years as the police chief of tiny Kilmarnock, Va., Michael Bedell had never had to investigate a rape.

Three weeks before the holiday, a long-standing local physician and his staff received a proverbial lump of coal.

A small-town Virginia police chief says the suspect in the rape of a Baltimore woman during this weekend's record-breaking snowstorm has confessed to two other rapes.

The suspect in Saturday's rape in Canton also confessed to two attacks that shook up a small Virginia town and will face charges there as well, according to police.

Lancaster investigators and Kilmarnock police executed a search warrant at the Fleets Bay Road home of Shirley Cox Forrester on Tuesday looking for evidence related to charges against her son, Donald Vaughan, in two sexual assaults.

A 19-year-old man who had been under surveillance by local police as a suspect in two local rape cases was arrested in Baltimore Monday after he allegedly raped and attempted to murder a woman over the weekend, according to the Lancaster Sheriff's Department.

With all that's going on in Washington now, where, oh, where is the Supreme Court? Could it be that even they have not read the Constitution? -- Bob Skord, Kinsale Our present governor should be glad to be known as the one who stopped people from smoking in restaurants , closed needed rest areas, had the poorest roads in Virginia, caused the next ...

Queen Abigail Leigh Robbins is preparing to preside over the seasonal festivities celebrating the 114th Holly Ball.

Kilmarnock Police Chief Mike Bedell reported Tuesday that the investigation into capturing the serial rapist who recently attacked two Kilmarnock women has led to a very strong suspect.

Kilmarnock Town Manager Tom Saunders said police are investigating several suspects in connection with the early morning break-ins last week in Kilmarnocka s Chase Street neighborhood.

Melody Kinser Tim and Tracey Schools are shown with their son Conner, 9, who was attacked by pitbull on Nov.

Tom Saunders asked the public for patience as the investigation is vigorously pursued by law enforcement.

Kilmarnock Town Manager Tom Saunders announced last night that Mayor Curtis Smith and Town Council have authorized the establishment of a $5000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and final conviction of the person responsible for the recent break-ins and sexual assaults in the town.

Local charities will receive some extra support this year because of the financial crisis but the need is still great, according to Paul Scacchitano, a board member with the River Counties Community Foundation that serves Northumberland, Lancaster and Middlesex Counties.

After 20 years of serving clients in Manassas, Kane & Associates Inc. has relocated its corporate headquarters to the Northern Neck.

Many are bigger in the Rappahannock River - but they're not keepers. Watermen know this.

An apparent tornado tore a path of destruction Monday near Wicomico Church, snapping dozens of large trees and destroying two manufactured homes on Bogey Neck Road.

Moderate to severe coastal flooding is expected in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula today and tomorrow as the remnants of Hurricane Ida are predicted to bring wind gusts of up to 50 mph and up to 5 inches of rain.

The State Board of Elections has updated results in the 99th District House of Delegates race.