Lignum News

Chairman Bill Chase won a record eighth term to the Culpeper County Board of Supervisors yesterday, but the margin of victory was closer than many had predicted.

Poll workers report that voter turnout so far today is steady in the Stevenburg Distirct, where a three-way race for the Board of Supervisors seat is underway.

Jean Myers Hawkins, 79, of Culpeper went to be in the presence of the Lord Tuesday, Oct.

A Spotsylvania County teenager charged in Friday evening's crash on Route 3 near Lignum was driving under the influence of alcohol, according to the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office.

The dedication of the Earl S. Hawkins Memorial Bridge was the fulfilling of a campaign promise that Culpeper County Supervisor Bill Chase made 29 years ago.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds proved to be the comeback kid in Tuesday night's Democratic primary, winning in a landslide in a three-way race.

When longtime Culpeper County registrar Alta Brown Finks announced her retirement two years ago, she made it clear that she didn't want a party.

Culpeper, Fredericksburg and Richmond residents and officials tried to drive home their messages Monday with comments about the importance of maintaining and creating new transportation projects in their respective counties.

Improvements to a deadly stretch of Route 3 could be in place within a month. Upgrades announced last week by the Virginia Department of Transportation will help, but we as motorists shoulder much of the responsibility for actually making the highway a safer place to drive.

Safety improvements to the two lane section of Route 3 could be implemented within 30 days, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.

Plans for specific short-term safety improvements may be announced as early as this summer for a stretch of Route 3 that's been the site of several recent fatal crashes.

Several road signs and mailboxes in eastern Culpeper County were destroyed late Thursday night or early Friday morning, according to Sgt.

On 04-13-09, at approximately 9:12 p.m. the police responded to Lee Highway near Pageland Lane in Gainesville to investigate a single vehicle crash.