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Suspect charged with Elkton man’s murder certified to Grand Jury
PAGE COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Timothy Thomas Comer, the Page County man accused of murdering another man in Elkton last summer will go before a jury. According to online records, Comer’s case was certified to a Grand Jury during a hearing Thursday afternoon in Page County General District Court. No trial date has been posted as of Thursday evening.
Opinion: Restoring Confederate names on schools is a lesson in why symbols matter
Putting the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson back on Virginia schools is reminder of how politically powerful those Confederate figures are (and have been for generations) in that state, writes Nicole Hemmer. -
One arrested after drug overdose call at Woodstock hotel
WOODSTOCK, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – A man is in custody after authorities responded to a reported drug overdose at a Woodstock hotel. Sheriff Tim Carter stated that deputies with the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office, as well as officers with Woodstock Police, responded Sunday to the overdose in a room at the Econo Lodge.
State Police investigating Shenandoah County crash that killed bicyclist last week
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal crash last Wednesday, May 8, in Shenandoah County involving a bicyclist. The bicyclist, Rex A. Catt, 53, of Edinburg, was travelling east just before 1:30 p.m. when he was struck by a 2024 Kia Seltos travelling south at the intersection of Old Valley Pike and Maple Lane. The Kia was unable to avoid a collision and immediately stopped at the scene, according to a release from Virginia State Police.
Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office makes arrest after fentanyl pills were found in hotel room
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - The Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office has charged a man after finding more than 50 capsules of fentanyl in his hotel room. On May 12, the sheriff’s office was called to the Econo Lodge in Woodstock for a report of an overdose. After obtaining a search warrant, investigators searched the room the following day. That’s when they found more than 50 capsules containing suspected powder fentanyl and a cell phone.
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