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November 21, 2009

Hit-and-run sends woman to hospital

Police are looking for a suspect in a Thursday night hit and run on Sperryville Pike that sent a Fredericksburg woman to the hospital.

Eleven inches chopped off

Woman’s tresses will be used to make wig for sick child

Retired professor pens memoir about childhood in Culpeper

‘Affection and estrangement’ offers insight into time gone by

Beer bottle attack leads to charges
Beer bottle attack leads to charges

Police accuse man of malicious wounding, giving false information



November 20, 2009

School Board organizes its division goals

Fall retreat continues this morning at central office

Football Friday in Culpeper
Football Friday in Culpeper

Juniors and seniors from Culpeper County High School hit the gridiron at Broman Field on Friday night, but this time it wasn’t the Blue Devil boys battling for Battlefield District glory.

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 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
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
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
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.

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