Warren County News

View larger image Patti Pitzzuto, manager of Finishing Touches Cleaning Services in Woodstock, recently cleans a picture hanging over a mantel in a home near New Market.

State police continue to investigate an early Wednesday morning crash that claimed the life of Nathen Yuhasse, 18, who graduated from Warren County High School in June.

The Virginia Cooperative Extension is hosting a program from 8 a.m,-5 p.m. on first aid and CPR for horse and rider at the Warren County Government Center in Front Royal.

A local man has pleaded guilty in Warren County Circuit Court to a charge of distributing morphine earlier this year.

Norfolk Southern is attempting to buy hundreds of acres in Jefferson County next to its existing rail line with the intention of building a new intermodal transport facility.

Two veteran Warren County School Board members are making unopposed bids for election on Tuesday.

A According to the Human Society of the United States , there are approximately 74.8 million owned dogs and 88.3 million owned cats in the United States.

Tea time is over, says community activist Tim Ratigan. Ratigan, 44, who calls himself a conservative American with traditional family beliefs, is the founder of Front Royal-based Call for Action America.

Barb Savidge, of Linden, ladles chocolate syrup into a bowl of goodies for Claudia Sanders, 16, of Frederick, Md., at the Festival of Leaves in Front Royal on Saturday.

Stink bugs, which have invaded the valley in the last four or five years, have become a nuisance to many people.

FRONT ROYAL -- A Strasburg man is facing felony drug and assault charges after deputies from the Warren County Sheriff's Office initially stopped his vehicle last weekend for erratic driving, authorities said.

A local woman has been indicted by a Warren County Circuit Court grand jury on charges that she assaulted a law enforcement officer and tried to escape from police custody in March.

Ruth Warren, from left, Jim Braunworth, Jim Warren and Sandy Murphy play bridge at the Warren County Raymond E. Santmyers Youth Center on Friday in Front Royal.

After a sharp verbal exchange between the two at last Wednesday's Board of Supervisors afternoon meeting over the school system's plans to replace the Rappahannock County Elementary School roof, school superintendent Bob Chappell and Jackson District Supervisor Ron Frazier exchanged letters.

A Linden man is accused of committing malicious wounding against a man in May, according to indictments handed down by a Warren County Circuit Court grand jury.

The Warren County Sheriff's Office is investigating a breaking and entering in which a person was also injured.

Stan Stocker's garage ticks, sounds created by a chorus of clocks that he is about to fix, has fixed or owns and has no need to fix.

Charges include rape, drug and firearm possession, robbery Bad checks, forgery, robbery, assault, escape, gangs, high speed chases, drugs, firearms and even more violent crimes like rape and a suspicious death - Rappahannock County is not immune to criminal activity notwithstanding the idyllic setting.

A Bentonville man has pleaded guilty to charges that he burglarized a local home in April.

Dominion Virginia Power officials announced at Monday's Board of Supervisors' meeting that they will begin in September to clear the right-of-way for the new power line through the county.