Middleburg Eccentric Founder Charged With 15 Counts of Embezzlement

Middleburg Police Chief Steven L. Webber released the following information Tuesday, November 30, 2010.
As the result of a joint investigation involving the Middleburg Police Department and the Virginia State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigations, Deanne D. Hubbard, 66, of Middleburg was arrested and charged with (15) counts of Felony Embezzlement.
Deanne D.”Dee Dee” Hubbard, is the [...]

Soaking Rain and High Winds Knock Out Power Throughout Clarke County

Soaking rainfall and high winds created the perfect formula for uprooted trees and downed power lines in Clarke County and one tree incident has knocked out power for over a thousand residents. Rappahannock Electric Cooperative has indicated several outage incidents in the county including a major outage in the Boyce area. REC is estimating that [...]

Laurel Center Holiday Raffle

[ Thursday December 2, 2010 to Wednesday December 15, 2010. ] .

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Holiday Raffle  to benefit the  Laurel Center (formerly the Shelter for Abused Women) and the  Blue Ridge Center for Therapeutic Horsemanship (BRCTH).

Tickets are  $50 each and only 300 will be sold!    The Drawing is  December 15th, so purchase yours today and help get the word out!  Tickets are being sold at  several venues as [...]

Operation Air, Land & Speed Returns to I-64 and I-66 This Weekend

If you are planning to travel Interstates 66 and 64 this Friday, Dec. 3, or Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, then expect to see even more troopers on both corridors for Operation Air, Land and Speed. The two-day special enforcement initiative is an effort to reduce traffic crashes, fatalities and injuries through increased patrols.
The last time [...]

Obituary for Tara W. Ketron

Tara Moore Whetzel Ketron, 40, of Berryville, Virginia, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the Winchester Medical Center as a result of a car accident.
Mrs. Ketron was born May 25, 1970 in Winchester, Virginia, the daughter of the late Wayne Richard Whetzel and Robin White Whetzel.
She was co-manager of Victoria’s Secret in Winchester.
She was a [...]

Berryville Resident Sues Local Newspaper

Berryville resident, Kenneth D. Liggins, has filed a $30 million lawsuit against a local newspaper and two of its reporters charging the newspaper acted recklessly in its reporting of a 2008 Clarke County School Board meeting in which Liggins was ordered to stop speaking by School Board Chairman, Robina Bouffault during a public comment period.
At [...]

Berryville Woman Dies in Single-Vehicle Accident

A Berryville resident died Wednesday night as a result of injuries sustained in a single-vehicle accident in Frederick County. 40 year old Tara Whetzel Ketron, who lived on Walnut Street in Berryville, died at approximately 11:30PM at Winchester Medical Center.
The accident occurred on Back Mountain Road (Route 614) near Route 50, just north of Route [...]

Johnson-Williams Wrestlers Face Warren County Middle School

by Bud Gordon – Johnson-Williams Cougar wrestlers traveled to Warren County Middle school yesterday (December 2).  The Cougars started with four forfeits costing the team twenty four points, but fought hard to and came up just three points short with a final line-up score of 57 – 60.
JWMS wrestler Thomas Erisman – photo by Bud [...]

County Moves Closer to Lawsuit Over Government Center Problems

Although Wednesday’s Joint Government Center Building Committee meeting was open to the public, most of the two-hour discussion was held in private closed session. Clarke County and Town of Berryville officials, legal advisors and engineers spent the morning considering legal recourse against the contractors who designed and constructed the building’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning [...]

Local Community College Makes Transition To 4 Year Programs Easier

Students at Lord Fairfax Community College now have more options for a smooth transition to a Bachelor’s Degree because of recently signed agreements between the College and two Virginia universities.   First, graduates of LFCC’s nursing program who have earned the Registered Nurse license and meets required criteria could complete a Bachelors of Science in [...]