Purcellville News

Times-Mirror File Photo/Greg Nash Avril Page and John Best of Ashburn feed the alpacas owned by Carlagay Higgins and Michael Lyon at Higgly Farm in Round Hill who opened up their farm for the annual Spring Farm Tour on May 18, 2008.

Loudoun County's Outstanding Volunteer winners don't normally make speeches when they accept their awards at the Board of Supervisors meetings.

The gap between the sticker price for private college tuition and what students actually pay has hit a record high, according to a new study, suggesting that private colleges are losing the ability to raise prices at will after years of steady increases that vastly outpaced inflation.

If the economy is recovering slowly, you can't tell from the number of projects underway in Loudoun.

The Adult Fan of LEGO built this Pharaoh Labyrinth last year for a Brickfair event.

The discovery Saturday of a missing boy helped to underscore the variety of the Washington-area landscape.

Photo courtesy/Loudoun County Sheriff's Office/ Andrew Hyde, 11, has been missing from the Purcellville area since late Friday afternoon.

Andrew Hyde was last seen Friday around 4:30 p.m. in the Gallop Lane area, located north of Purcellville.

As of 5 a.m. May 2, the Wheeler Family Emergency Department at Inova Loudoun Medical Campus - Leesburg officially opened and accepted its first patients.

Photo Courtesy/Joe Gleason The Adult Fan of LEGO built this Pharaoh Labyrinth last year for a Brickfair event.

Photo Courtesy/Carroll Vineyards, Facebook Carroll Vineyards and Corcoran Vineyards and Brewery product can tasted at the new Leesburg Brewery Company, which is set to officially open its doors today.

Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day , and several Loudoun County locations will serve as drop-off points.

Yesterday was "Take your sons and daughters to work day", so Madeline and Natalie got a day off from school and spent the day with me.

The Loudoun Chorale will conclude its 2012-2013 season with two "Choral Favorites - Bach and Beyond" concerts, featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Faure, Haydn, Handel, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Thompson, under the direction of William Propst.

As I was out and about in Purcellville yesterday, I came across an open Coney Island Diner.

Four cars were involved in a crash on April 22 in Purcellville. According to the Purcellville Police Department, an unlicensed, juvenile female ran a red light at the intersection of Main Street and Maple Street, hitting another vehicle.

The parent company of Dominion Virginia Power is highlighting that multiple environmental groups will be sharing in $500,000 in grants.

As part of the Virginia is for Lovers campaign, Purcellville was one of sixteen locations selected by the Virginia Tourism Corporation to build and host a LOVEwork.

Burglary April 21-22, 2 p.m. - Midnight Cash was stolen from a home at the 47600 block of Loweland Terrace in Sterling after a thief entered through the rear sliding glass door.

The Virginia class of 2014 grew one stronger Sunday afternoon when Woodgrove DE/OLB J.J. Jackson made his verbal commitment.