Winchester News

View larger image Stephen Rouss, a descendant from Martinsburg, W.Va., kneels next to the bust of Charles B. Rouss in the Rouss mausoleum at the Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester on Saturday.

Daily Police Log Saturday, February 11, 2012 State police at DuBois Yesterday at 11:25 a.m., a 17-year-old DuBois girl was traveling south on DuBois-Rockton Road in Brady Township when a deer ran in front of her vehicle.

View larger image Kevin McKew, executive director of Winchester Schools, points to a wooded area to show Erica Truban, PTO representative, on left, and Anita Jenkins, principal of John Kerr Elementary, where the new school would be located during a visit to the site on Friday in Winchester.

City police are looking for a man they say eluded an officer and struck a traffic sign early Friday morning.

WINCHESTER, Va. - After witnessing multiple tragedies as a child, Tommy is traumatized into a state of catatonia.

Today's Front Burner column is about Burns Night, an annual celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns, Scotland's most famous bard.

WINCHESTER, February 6, 2012 Winchester and the surrounding scenic and historic Shenandoah Valley is an easy drive from the Baltimore-Washington metro region.

Jennifer Esler has been appointed president and CEO of the Elliott Museum/Historical Society of Martin County.

WINCHESTER, Va. - In a special Valentine's Day appearance, South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo will fill Armstrong Concert Hall with their world-famous rhythms and harmonies.

WINCHESTER, Va. - I'll admit to being a pizza novice. My experience in gourmet pizza consumption extends only to include bread sticks with my Domino's delivery.

Government officials and representatives from Iraq's Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works cut the ribbon at a ceremony celebrating the facility's completion.

The much beloved Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has announced they are expanding their operations next year with a new location on the outskirts of Washington, DC , in Ashburn, VA .

Vienna could soon look to public-private partnerships to design, fund and build public facilities in town.

Kenneth Friend passed peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Winchester, Va., surrounded by his loving family.

More than 100 parents crowded in one of Daniel Morgan Middle School's auditoriums Tuesday night to hear federal attorneys talk about potential dangers children face on the Internet, and it was an eye-opening experience for many.

Crews from numerous area companies responded to the residential structure fire reported at 2720 Martinsburg Pike shortly after 7 p.m., according to Frederick County emergency dispatch logs.

Winchester police say several shots were fired in a parking lot of a local bar before they arrived on the scene early Sunday morning.

The expedition to the town of Romney, in present-day West Virginia, resulted in the withdrawal of Union troops, a near mutiny by Confederates and the resignation of Jackson from the Confederate army.

A Frederick County man accused of breaking into a city home and stealing several guns Tuesday remains jailed on bond.

A Plans were announced last week for Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to build a theater in the planned One Loudoun development at Route 7 and Loudoun County Parkway.