Brightwood, VA

June 27, 1889 — Our townsman, Mr. S.L. Rhodes, has perfected a very ingenious but simple device for the purpose of securing nuts on bolts to prevent from shifting or loosening. It is adapted for securing nuts on bolts on iron bridges, rail cars, engines, threshing machines, cylinders, buggy spindles, reaping and mowing machines, and in fact wherever threaded bolts are used, no matter what size, from the smallest to the largest bolt used for any and all purposes.

ELKTON, Va. (WHSV) - On Monday, the Elkton Town Council voted 4-2 to fire town manager Greg Lunsford. After his firing, the town shut down the town hall and the community center for the remainder of the week. Town Council member Phillip “Rick” Workman, who was one of the two no votes on Monday spoke to WHSV about Monday’s decision.

Two recent high-dollar embezzlement cases initiated the highest estimated monetary value of stolen property figures in the Town of Culpeper in recent years. The embezzlement investigations involve two different local businesses, of which Town Police did not identify. The cases are not related, but one business had $600,000 stolen and the other had around $110,000 stolen. Each was stolen by their respective employees. Although both offenders have been identified by detectives, both investigations remain active and on-going.

June 25, 1987 — The Shenandoah Homemaker Club honored Virginia Melton as Shenandoah’s “Woman of the Year” during the group’s 12th annual summer banquet Saturday evening. Mrs. Melton, a retired Page County school teacher, was presented a corsage, a certificate and a white crocheted basket...

Wallets of residents from Culpeper and beyond are hurting. With rising gas and grocery prices, they’re clutching their dollars a little bit tighter these days. For small businesses like The Vintage Next, it leaves shop owner Bonnie Shank forced to rethink her business plans. After relocating from Sunset Lane...

PAGE COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - After receiving funds from the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, the Town of Shenandoah decided to boost its tourism efforts and create a new space to welcome its visitors and house 200 years of history. “One will be town memorabilia, one will be railroad...

June 24, 1965 — A cemetery more than a century old east of Luray is scheduled to be moved for the dual laning of U.S. 211 from the Blue Ridge Mountains to Luray corporate limits. The quarter-acre cemetery was reserved in 1894 by John and Victoria Zirkle when they...

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (CBS19NEWS) -- The Rappahannock Electric Cooperation has restored power to nearly all of its members who experienced outages from the storms on Wednesday. The areas that were hit hard were Northern Culpeper and Fauquier counties, which will be restored Friday evening. Crews are continuing to clean up major...