Berryville, VA

Frederick County Fire and Rescue (FCFR) responded to the report of a commercial structure fire at Trex on Shawnee Drive in Winchester. The report was confirmed in a news release from FCFR. The release states that the fire was reported on Wednesday May 11 at approximately 5:40 p.m.. The Trex...

A fast-growing hot chicken sandwich chain called Hangry Joe’s has added Ashburn and Leesburg to its list of future locations. The Burn first reported on Hangry Joe’s when they opened a location in the Worldgate Center in Herndon early this year. That was the brand’s third location at the time and now — just four months later — they have nine locations open in four states.

On 14 May 2022, the Colonel James Wood II Chapter of the Virginia Society Sons of the American Revolution participated in a ceremony to begin an Honor Flight from Ashburn, Virginia. The Honor Flight Network is a national network of non-profit independent groups working together to honor our nation’s veterans...

Loudoun Parks and Recreation’s first-ever LoCo Food Truck Festival was held Saturday in the parking lot of Segra Field at Philip A. Bolen Memorial Park near Leesburg. Crowds lined up May 15 to try more than a dozen food trucks, hear Todd Brooks and Pour Decisions, play games like cornhole and giant Jenga, and sample a beer and wine garden nearby. Despite the occasional drizzle in the area, the weather stayed mostly clear for the visiting families, who formed long lines for a bite to eat from local food truck favorites.

Eleven “Teachers of the Year” selected by their principals were honored by the Rotary Club of Front Royal at its weekly meeting Friday, May 13. Each received a commemorative plaque from FR Rotary President Katie Tewell. The principals introduced their nominees, beginning with Lori Layman of A.S. Rhodes...

After adding over 516,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 81.2 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

NORFOLK, Va. – Not even Ernest Hemingway could have scripted a better end to Old Dominion's baseball Senior Day. Catcher Brock Gagliardi, a senior from Tacoma, Washington, hit a towering, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Monarchs to a 5-4 victory over Marshall Sunday at the Bud Metheny Ballpark. His home run also broke the school single-season home run record as the Monarchs now have 106 on the year. The previous record was set last season with 105.

Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors will vote next month on plans to widen U.S. Route 15, north of Leesburg, Virginia, with the hope of improving safety and reducing congestion on the two-lane commuter route. Route 15 north Leesburg is a picturesque drive through rural Loudoun County, passing vineyards, produce...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the 540-area code is running out of numbers and as a result we will all need to start dialing 10-digits to make a local call. Saturday was the day that local calls will no longer be put through unless you...

ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — A woman from West Virginia is facing multiple charges after she reportedly led Virginia State Police on a high-speed chase along I-64 and then crashed in Alleghany County on Monday. Virginia State Police say they got a call from Enterprise Rent-A-car in Jackson County,...

Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) is advising boaters with vessels that have a U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Documentation to be wary of any letter arriving by U.S. mail offering renewal. BoatUS advises that while the Coast Guard does send official annual renewal notices by U.S. mail,...

May 16, 1889 — J.R. Cameron, who had a difficulty with Joseph Menefee at Bentonville last week, and who fired several shots at Menefee, was arrested by Chief of Police Wm. B. Campbell and James Woods, of Vaughn’s Summit, and by the latter conveyed to Bentonville and turned over to the officers at that place, where he made his escape. When last heard of he was at Winchester.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An ex-convict from California has pleaded guilty to fraud schemes totaling more than $25 million that included exaggerated tax returns for professional athletes and exploiting federal pandemic relief programs. Quin Ngoc Rudin, 45, of Chino, California, pleaded guilty to wire fraud Friday in U.S. District...

A second arrest has been made in the fatal shooting at a Touch of Texas in Bunker Hill West Virginia. The arrest stems from the initial 911 call from the Winchester Avenue establishment around 2:30 a.m. May 6. The Journal reports 20 year old Lorenzo Valle of Stephens City has...

Valley Health’s acute care hospitals, Winchester Medical Center and Warren Memorial Hospital, earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. The organization is a national nonprofit which recognizes organizations for protecting their patients from harm in the hospital. A, B, C, D, or F grades...