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Dump Bed Detaches From Garbage Truck, Lands On Virginia Sheriff's SUV On I-81
A 71-year-old dump truck driver was charged with reckless driving after he accidentally engaged the dump bed on his vehicle, causing it to detach and land on a Frederick County Sheriff's SUV on I-81, authorities said.Gaylon Miller was heading north on I-81 when he engaged the dump bed of the 2005 K…
Winchester Man Charged With Murdering Relation Pleads Guilty In Circuit Court
(Michael Antonio Hill – photo courtesy of the Winchester Star) Michael Antonio Hill changes plea to guilty in the middle of his trial for second degree murder. Winchester, VA (JK) – 55 year old Michael Hill of Winchester, Virginia suddenly changed his plea to guilty of one count of second degree murder and one count of murder with a knife.
Virginia drivers will learn to zipper merge in work zones on I-81 starting May 13
The Virginia Department of Transportation Staunton District is launching a pilot program about zipper merges in work zones. With a zipper merge, traffic entering an active work zone uses both travel lanes up to the single lane closure and then takes turns operating like two sides of a zipper at the merge point to form a single lane, traveling past the work zone.
Found body possibly that of missing man from Winchester
WINCHESTER, Va. (WHSV) - The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office has located what is believed to be the body of a male missing out of Winchester since December. Around 1:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, members of the FCSO’s Search and Rescue Team (SAR) located the remains of a human male in a densely wooded area between Star Tannery and N. Pifer Road in the southwest portion of Frederick County.
Shenandoah University receives $20 million gift for arts center
Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia, has announced a $20 million gift from alumnus Wilbur Dove (’59) and his wife, Clare, in support of a new performing and visual arts center. Made in anticipation of the university’s sesquicentennial, the largest gift in Shenandoah’s nearly 150-year history will name the performing...
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