Orange County News

The Orange County Sheriffa s Office has identified a suspect in the bank robbery of the Wachovia Bank located on Route 3 in Orange County on March 13, 2009.

The sky was gray, the weather was cold and the students were getting antsy. An hour of listening to speakers was starting to take its toll on their patience.

Help wanted? Springsted, the professional headhunting firm who's located a number of department heads for Orange County government in the past, has provided an estimate for what it could cost taxpayers to fill the county administrator's position.

In Indonesia, a widow struggles to care for 25 orphans. In Locust Grove, a group of Christians struggle to share their faith in an area filled with gated communities and busy commuters.

Residents in drivers in Orange County who use AT&T devices should be seeing an improvement in service in the wake of recent upgrades.

In less than two months, the Orange County Board of Supervisors will have two new members--and apparently some of the same issues.

Tanner Kelson, Marty Harris and Sharon Mohrmann were each recognized last week at the annual Garvis Huff Memorial Outstanding Youth and Youth Advocate Awards Ceremony held in the Orange County High School auditorium.

Out in the countryside of Orange County , historians are working to breathe new life into an old battle.

An Orange County woman accused this summer of cruelty to horses has died. Nancy S. Mackall, 55, died in an Arlington hospice Nov.

Progress on a large-scale residential development project just outside of Gordonsville has been weathering out the recession, with the land undisturbed and no construction underway since a controversial rezoning on the land was approved in 2006.

Civil War Union Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain wrote of our national battlefields: "Generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by great things suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream." Fast forward to the 21st century.

Oct. 1: Kenneth "Kalven" Wayne Jenkins III, son of Kenneth "Ken" Wayne Jenkins Jr.

The Architectural Review Board meets at 3 p.m. Monday in conference room A/B/C of the County Administration Building.

In honor of Zachary Taylor Appreciation Day and in celebration of 225th anniversary of the birth of 12th United States President, Major General Zachary Taylor, representatives of local, state and federal government will honor one of Orange County's most famous native sons.

Virginia's rural District 30 remained Republican red in its selection for House of Delegates.

Louisa's two tested incumbents have held on to their seats, but a coup has taken place in Fluvanna, and two of Orange County's five supervisors have been unseated, according to unofficial results reported by voter registrars and the state board of elections.

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

Amidst tears, lollipops and temporary tattoos, Unionville Elementary School students rolled up their sleeves on Friday to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

An eastern route for a U.S. 29 bypass of Charlottesville has been taken off a consultant's map, but some of the state's top decision-makers said this week a bypass still is needed.

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