Frederick County News

A former Middletown police chief who resigned his post after being charged with drunken driving 41/2 years ago could face jail time for a third DUI authorities say occurred in September.

A fire Thursday morning heavily damaged a Frederick County home, but the family sleeping inside at the time escaped unhurt.

The scene at the polls in Winchester Tuesday is very different from what it was a year ago.

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The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries will begin active surveillance Saturday for chronic wasting disease during the 2009-2010 hunting season.

A report released in Frederick County court Wednesday declares that accused killer Justin Slater has been restored to mental competency.

Authorities say a 31-year-old Virginia man died after a dirt bike crash near Frederick, Md.

Sitting in jail could get a lot more expensive if the Frederick County sheriff has his way.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will invest $8.9 million to expand its local plant, creating 50 jobs, Gov.

A former Grafton School official must spend a year on home-electronic monitoring for using an employer's credit card to buy personal items after her termination.

Frederick County planners sent a proposed commercial development back to the drawing board Wednesday night after raising concerns about increased traffic and the impact to neighbors.

With slightly less than a month until election day, Delegate Todd Gilbert and Democratic challenger John Lesinski share two things: optimism about their chances and a commitment to improving and expanding their constituents' job opportunities.

Frederick County planning staffers are revisiting a long-standing plan to bring sidewalks to a heavily traveled Frederick County road.

When town officials discuss Middletown's future, one word often dominates the conversation: Water.

Frederick County supervisors shot down a long-pending rezoning request for a proposed hotel in Clear Brook on Wednesday after several neighbors decried the plan in a public hearing.

Three men indicted by a Frederick County Circuit Court grand jury face charges they stole from the owner of a limousine service that was raided in June.

STEPHENS CITY -- A Massachusetts homicide suspect held off local law enforcement in a Stephens City hotel Monday night before shooting himself, authorities said Tuesday.

Share + Sep 22, 2009 6:58 am US/Eastern STEPHENS CITY, Va. AA college studentA wanted forA the death ofA his ex-girlfriend inA Massachusetts has been found dead at a hotel in Virginia.

Fitzsimmons' dining area can be seen on the Quota International Kitchen Kapers tour this Sunday.

Cindy Brill, right, stands outside her home in Strasburg as firefighters work to extinguish a blaze on Tuesday.