Shenandoah News

A Mexican national said he has been barred from entering the United States to bury his 10-year-old son, a U.S. citizen who died Tuesday in a house fire in northeastern Pennsylvania that killed three other people.

Today's Highlight in History: On March 20, 1912, a coal mine explosion in McCurtain, Okla., claimed the lives of 73 workers.

Today is Tuesday, March 20, the 80th day of 2012. There are 286 days left in the year.

View larger image Esther Dovell, 96, works on a painting of the Grand Canyon recently at an art class she attends at Shenandoah Valley Westminster-Canterbury. One of her paintings was chosen to be part of an art show in Richmond.