Madison County News

Generosity of local residents helps others to live better, and remember to protect yourself against the flu this season Hundreds of area students stand a good chance of having a generally healthy winter, thanks to the efforts of Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District workers and volunteers.

A tipster can now receive a $200 reward for giving information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for destroying a patriotic display in Uno off South Blue Ridge Turnpike on the night before Halloween, the Madison County Sheriff's Office announced last week.

When you consider all of the historic places in Virginia, Leon might not come immediately to mind.

Authorities are seeking new leads to solve a Syria arson case from the summer. Several large stacks of firewood near a house at 3022 Weakly Hollow Road in Syria were intentionally set on fire sometime between 4 and 5 a.m. July 10, Madison County Sheriff's Office Investigor Greg Garrett told The Eagle.

Every two years, Culpeper voters select a delegate to represent them in the District 30 seat of the Virginia General Assembly.

James Randall Landrum Jr., 28, Wolftown Road, Wolftown, assault and battery. Hope Hoffman, 42, North Blue Ridge Turnpike, Madison, contempt of court.

The independent candidate for the District 30 Virginia House of Delegates takes another shot at meeting Madison County voters today at an informal event.

Elderly Angel Tree information needed by Oct. 30 The Culpeper Human Services and the Culpeper Department of Social Services will be sponsoring again this year the Elderly Angel Tree for Culpeper residents only.

Members of the Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group practice erecting a radio tower.

Local By Anita L. Sherman Source: Culpeper Times THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 2009 UPDATED THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 2009 Joining with his other colleagues on the Germanna Community College Board, new member John H. Jenkins had no qualms about the board's decision to move ahead with the Fredericksburg Area Campus Phase III project.

September 19 Lifeline Community and Youth Center thrift store grand opening.. 9am-2pm. Location: Right on 29 in Ruckersviile, next to Curves.

Roger Burke, 35, was working at a remote logging site in Madison County, Virginia several weeks ago when he began sweating profusely and felt intense pain in his chest and arm - classic heart attack symptoms.

IWANT TO THANK all of you for your thoughts, well-wishes and concerns for my daughter after her battle with a copperhead.

If you've bought a bouquet at Randy's Flowers on Evans Street, had a meal at the Inn at Kelly's Ford or rented a golf cart at the Country Club of Culpeper, you've seen the handiwork of Morton Buildings.

One of the best places to hike and have picture worthy views and breathtaking color of Mother Nature's fall paint job is in Madison County, Virginia, at old rag mountain.

Charlottesville with a copperhead at her side. Actually, the snake was in a Glad storage container.

Charlottesville with a copperhead at her side. Actually, the snake was in a Glad storage container.

Principal speaker will be Ashton Dovell, Williamsburg, former speaker of the House of Delegates.

Like monarch butterflies to Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains, people flock to Germanna--the storied Virginia place from whence their kin come--each summer.

It's festival time in Madison County as the Madison County Fair opened Tuesday afternoon.