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November 20, 2009
Ex-smoker hopes verdict will buy a lung transplant
When Cindy Naugle took the witness stand in her lawsuit against tobacco company Philip Morris USA, she toted an oxygen bottle and had to pause a few minutes to catch her breath.
71-year-old woman dies when own car runs her over
A 71-year-old woman has died after being run over by her own car in the driveway of her home.
Mary Washington considers spring tuition increase
The University of Mary Washington is weighing a rare midyear tuition increase to help offset drastic state funding cuts.
Obama drops by daughter Sasha’s school for event
Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty.
One killed when Miley Cyrus tour bus overturns on I-85
One person was killed when a Miley Cyrus tour bus overturned on southbound Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County.
Reward in Uno flag trashing
Patriotic display destroyed in rural Madison County the night before Halloween
November 19, 2009
West Side shooting victim still hospitalized
A 49-year-old man wounded in a robbery and shooting at a Culpeper convenience store earlier this month remains hospitalized in Charlottesville.
Fire guts garage at Old Mill Road home
Carelessly handled woodstove ashes started a fire Thursday night that gutted the garage of a home in the 20200 block of Old Mill Road, authorities say.
Red Cross deploys local woman to Iraq
A longtime Red Cross worker from Culpeper has been deployed to Iraq in support of the troops.
School Board begins retreat tonight
Agenda includes division goals, discipline, calendar, capital priorities
Wireless America
More families only using cell phones, census shows
Tonight’s CCHS Powderpuff game rescheduled to Friday
Tonight’s Powderpuff game at Culpeper County High School has been rescheduled to Friday
Washington Times denies ex-editor’s bias claim
The Washington Times is denying a religious discrimination claim by the paper’s former opinion editor.
AOL to cut a third of staff
AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an adver-tising-driven economy, is looking to shed more than a third of its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner Inc. next month.
Crews search for missing Canadian boater
The U.S. Coast Guard says aircraft crews are searching for a Canadian boater who is overdue for arrival in Bermuda.
2009 CCHS yearbook connects
Virginia High School League recognizes Colonnade
Downtown launches holiday season Sunday
The recent appearance of garland and Christmas wreaths all around Main and Davis streets signals the official arrival of the holiday shopping season in downtown Culpeper.
Parents of missing Va. Tech student visit last known location
Morgan D. Harrington’s parents went Wednesday to the Copeley Road bridge where she was last seen to leave mementos and posters at a small, makeshift memorial.
County poverty rate down in decade
But number of residents below threshold about the same as 1998
November 18, 2009
J.C. Penney to stop publishing ‘big book’ catalogs
J.C. Penney will stop publishing its twice-yearly “big book” catalogs, now that customers increasingly shop online.
Michelle Obama visits Va. school, tours garden
First Lady Michelle Obama received a few gardening tips from some children as she toured a northern Virginia elementary school’s vegetable garden.
Va. officials caution against eating Lake Gaston walleye
Virginia health officials are advising against consuming walleye fish caught in Lake Gaston because of mercury contamination.
Turning history into art
Local artisans are helping to prolong the existence of a tulip poplar tree that once stood beside Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
Wachovia bank in city robbed
A man in a tasseled hat robbed the Wachovia Bank at 10th Street Northeast and East High Street in Charlottesville on Tuesday.
Roving S.C. governor due for ethics panel review
South Carolina’s State Ethics Commission is set to decide whether a three-month investigation provides enough evidence that Gov. Mark Sanford broke state laws.
Elliott executed for ‘01 death
Death-row inmate Larry Bill Elliott was executed last night for the 2001 murder of Dana Thrall of Prince William County.
Virginia budget outlook poor; shortfall could grow
The bad economy will result in another $250 million to $300 million budget shortfall for the fiscal year ending June 30, House of Delegates money committees were told yesterday.
‘A long way to go’
Job losses, foreclosures expected to continue into 2010
Pearl Sample to get H1N1 vaccine today
Consent forms needed in order for students to receive shots
Second suspect pleads in BW3 shooting
Jackson sentenced to nearly three years in prison

