Shenandoah County News

SHENANDOAH COUNTY Interstate 81 * Mile marker 263.9 to 298, northbound and southbound - Debris removal, ramp work, sign and drainage asset inspections.

Medford Allen Steed, 51, of 189 N. Fort St., Apt. 8, was sentenced Jan. 25 in Shenandoah County Circuit Court to 55 years in prison, with 44 years suspended, according to court records.

A public hearing has been set on an agreement that will clarify when the town can annex property in Shenandoah County over the next 20 years.

View larger image Jim Randolph, 67, and his wife, Carol, 60, sit beside a laundry basket of clothes - their only remaining possessions - inside the Holiday Inn in Woodstock on Monday.

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, legislative sponsors and law enforcement authorities want the General Assembly to dedicate more money to fighting Internet crimes against children by drawing from the same fees lawmakers approved for that purpose two years ago.

View larger image Jeanette Smith, of Stephens City, prunes a grapevine on her Cabin Hill Vineyard near Conicville on Monday.

An Edinburg man has been arrested for Friday's hit-and-run of a Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office cruiser.

Shenandoah County Sheriff's Lt. Wesley Dellinger said Dietrich Day II, of Dumfries, was charged with two counts of malicious wounding.

"Nobody can imagine what it's like to lose your child," said Holly Kennedy, who lost her son.

The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office is looking for the driver of a pickup that hit one of its cruisers Friday afternoon.

The fire at 2758 Boliver Road was called in at about 12:45 a.m., Shenandoah County Department of Fire and Rescue Chief Gary Yew said.

Shenandoah County Fire Marshal David Ferguson said he's investigating the origin of the fire, which was in a trailer with an addition at 2758 Boliver Road.

Turner Stewart Martz, 19, of 3890 Jadwyn Road, Woodstock, and Justin T. Mumaw, 19, of 425 Dale Drive, Basye, were arrested Jan.

A Johannes Spitler blanket chest recently sold for $150,000 at Laughlin Auctions in Edinburg.

A fire at the former Aileen plant north of Edinburg is under investigation, Shenandoah County Fire Marshal David Ferguson said Monday.

"I don't have a payroll I live hand to mouth, I'm typical of every other small farmer in America today," said Gail Rose,a deer farmer in Shenandoah County.

The Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday threw its weight behind a Basye neighborhood's desire to join the state's secondary road system.

The Woodstock Planning Commission discussed a few changes to town code relating to the construction of a temporary wind turbine tower to be used for academic research purposes at its meeting this week.

A group of Shenandoah County residents gathered outside the Toms Brook Fire Hall about an hour prior to Thursday's community meeting in a protest against the new regional jail.

A general interpretation of the new model was approved by the Virginia Board of Education on April 28.