Culpeper County News

A gentleman, a good Samaritan, a civic-minded citizen, a native son - the 2009 L.B. Henretty Outstanding Citizen of Culpeper Award winner embodies all this and then some.

On Tuesday, hours before hosting Culpeper County Chairman Bill Chase's election-night victory party, a new restaurant at the Lord Culpeper Hotel was cited by the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

Culpeper police officially charged an 18-year-old Culpeper man with five additional felony charges today related to yesterday's robbery and shooting of a clerk at Westside Grocery on Sperryville Pike.

Ted Smith, Vice-President of Donated Goods at Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, is a newbie to the relic hunter circuit.

Culpeper police, Virginia State police and Culpeper County Sheriffs deputies are investigating an armed robbery and shooting at a grocery store in Culpeper.

After eight years in exile, the Republican Party finally has a Virginia governor.

If you're on Sperryville Pike, just a few miles from town, you might hear the terrified screams of a few souls lost in the woods for the last time.

The Star-Exponent editorial board endorses these candidates in Tuesday's contested races ... * School Board, Cedar Mountain District: We back incumbent Elizabeth Hutchins over Richard Goff for her leadership, expertise, hard work and commitment to quality education in Culpeper County.

The American Cancer Society hosts the first ever Bark For Life of Culpeper County October 31st at Culpeper Agricultural Enterprises on U.S. 29.

Sept. 25: Natalie Ann and Nicole Erin Ferlazzo, daughter of David and Kelli Ferlazzo of Culpeper County Sept.

A Jeffersonton woman who reportedly tried to avoid hitting a deer on U.S. 29 Saturday night flipped her SUV before being transported to Culpeper Regional Hospital, according to the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office.

It will be the end of an era. For more than two decades, Culpeper County Deputy Sheriff Nathaniel "Nate" Jasper has frightened thousands of people each Halloween with his Haunted Woods.

The Culpeper County Sheriff's office released reports about two weekend incidents.

Scammers are now using the law to get money from victims. Two weeks ago, a Culpeper businessman received a call from a person who claimed to be a law-enforcement officer in Florida.

A former Culpeper County sheriff and three deputies have reached a $150,000 settlement with the family of a woman who died while incarcerated.

Former Culpeper County Sheriff H. Lee Hart, three deputies and the family of a woman who died while a jail inmate have reached a settlement in a civil lawsuit alleging wrongful death.

A Culpeper man involved in a March 22 head-on collision that killed four people now faces manslaughter charges.

An investigation into a car wreck Saturday on Eleys Ford Road in Culpeper led to drug and DWI charges for an 18-year-old Richardsville man.

At last Tuesday's Culpeper County Board of Supervisors meeting, the planning commission had no reservations about recommending approval for a request that property at Rose Hill be used to operate a public shooting reserve.

The town of Culpeper's new councilwoman took the oath of office Thursday in a low-key ceremony at the courthouse.