Middletown News

Last summer, my wife, Jan, and I attended a beer-tasting festival at Belle Grove Plantation, in Middletown, Va., a small town in the Shenandoah Valley.

Citing education as the key to long-term economic prosperity in the rural 15th District, Del.

A town man is facing charges of sexually assaulting a minor more than two years ago, according to indictments handed down last week by a Warren County Circuit Court grand jury.

A former Grafton School official faces prison time for using a stolen school credit card after her termination.

Enter to win a pair of tickets to the June 7 Full Moon Tour on Cedar Creek Battlefield.

STEPHENS CITY -- A two-vehicle crash near U.S. 277 sent both drivers, including a juvenile, to the hospital Tuesday morning.

Attorneys for a local politician have a little more time to make their clients' case.

Maryland officials have closed Rockville High School until further notice due to concerns about swine flu.

State health officials are reaching out to college and university presidents to warn students about swine flu after two cases were confirmed in Virginia.

MIDDLETOWN -- A Northern Virginia couple purchased the historic Wayside Inn at auction Thursday for the bargain-basement price of $1 million.

Patty Cahill-Saunders held Popcorn, her poodle, between her legs as firefighters battled to put out a fire at her Foster Hollow Road home on Saturday.

Anne Dellinger of Mt. Jackson looks over land grant maps during Shenandoah County Heritage Day in Woodstock on Saturday.

The upcoming auction of The Wayside Inn in Middletown is a rare opportunity to own a piece of history.

A third person has been indicted by a Frederick County Circuit Court grand jury in the sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl.

The Warren County Sheriff's Office arrested a Middletown man Sunday following a car chase that ended when the man wrecked the SUV he was driving.

A Middletown man was charged with DUI and child endangerment Saturday morning after he fled from police and rolled his car, officials said.

Bobby Clark was surprised and not surprised all at once. Data recently released from the 2007 U.S. Census of Agriculture details how Virginia, from 2002-07, lost 521,000 acres of farmland.

MIDDLETOWN -- The owners of the Wayside Inn are taking a hard look at the business' bottom line and are not ruling out an estate sale in the spring to ensure its survival.

The preferred course of action under the current draft of the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park's first general management plan has the Warren County Board of Supervisors' vote of confidence.

A man accused of stealing almost $54,000 over several years from the Winchester Country Club has been indicted by a Frederick County Circuit Court grand jury.