Madison News

While the state overall has an unusually high number of House of Delegates races this year, only one local delegate has opposition from one of the two major parties.

July 2 Greene Library Book Discussion Group. 7pm. 'When We Were Orphans' By Kazuo Ishiguro.

UP: Madison VA . The Veterans Health Administration announces plans to open a new Madison-based regional billing and collection center in mid-2010 that will employ 200 people.

JD Hartman has had a lifelong passion for barbecue. "About 30 years ago I fell in love with barbecue, read every book I could, found the barbecue machine I wanted while in St.

Terry Detrie of Washington, Pa., rolled over in his tent at 5 a.m. yesterday and began packing up his gear.

June 18-20 During the week of June 16-20 there will be motocross racing, demolition derby & rock crawling demos, sand drag racing, truck and tracker pull and bull riding, all part of The Mid Atlantic Power Festival.

A Spotsylvania County prosecutor said yesterday that charges were reduced against defendants in a high-profile beating case with the agreement of the two victims.

A case against an 18-year-old Pennsylvania man - who was charged after officials say he used a stolen pickup to deliberately strike a Madison County Sheriff's Office deputy's cruiser twice during a June 1 chase - will now head to a Madison County grand jury.

Eight Madison County residents have officially thrown their hats into the ring, vying for three soon-to-be open board of supervisors seats.

Diehard bluegrass fans first started filing into Madison County's Syria community in mid May.

A 12-year-old boy was reported missing from his home in northern Madison County at around 4:30 pm Thursday .

The nine Spotsylvania County students charged with severely beating two teens were indicted yesterday by a grand jury.

With 961 students enrolled last month, Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Caroline County, which opened just this year, is nearing capacity.

Annual Plant Sale, sponsored by the Tri-County/City Soil & Water Conservation District, features high-quality, easy-to-care for, unique, food-bearing plants suitable for this area.

The nine high school students charged in the severe beating of two teenagers are scheduled to go before a judge this afternoon at a preliminary hearing.

Today through April. 25, Advance tickets/$20, $25/day of tour, $10/single-site admission, ages 6-12/half price, ages 5 and under/free. Tickets for the Orange Club Tour are available at several locations in Orange and Culpeper.

Historic Garden Week, sponsored by the Dolley Madison Garden Club is Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year's tour features "legacies from the 1800s amid the Blue Ridge foothills with one modern twist" at locations in Madison and Greene Counties.

Bernice Mae Nicholson Atkins, 72, left this life to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Spotsylvania County.

In what could result in an additional $250,000 in state funds for Rappahannock schools, Superintendent Dr.

"The 2009 Home Landscape Course for the Gardening Novice," today through May 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Stafford County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension, Rowser Building, 1739 Jefferson Davis Highway.