Ford News

Fire destroyed three mobile homes tonight around 9 at Harrison's Mobile Home Park on Boydton Plank Road in Dinwiddie County, officials report.

Staunton is fortunate to have been home to two men named Wilson. One left shortly after being born here, and the other moved here for retirement.

Pat Berrang, owner of Berrang Pontiac-Cadillac-GMC in Waynesboro, said Saturday that he has not lost his General Motors franchise, and said if GM attempts to take it he will appeal.

Tour Kelly's Ford and Stevensburg in a personal-vehicle caravan. Some walking necessary.

A bomb threat at Harrisonburg High School made Thursday afternoon a dud. The school on Garbers Church Road was evacuated after an anonymous call to 911 around 12:45 p.m. reported there was a bomb at the school, said Mary-Hope Gangwer, spokeswoman for the Harrisonburg Police Department.

Virginia State Police is seeking the assistance of the public with locating a teenage boy who ran away Tuesday morning from his Amelia County home at 5130 Scottland Lane in Jetersville.

While the infusion of cash over the next two years from the federal government for shrinking education budgets is appealing to school leaders, the lack of details is causing anxiety.

Chesterfield County's school system might have to cut a minimum of 500 positions next year to deal with a projected $52 million budget shortfall, Superintendent Marcus J. Newsome said yesterday.