Fauquier County News

Melvin J. Almarode, Jr., 65, died peacefully at his home in Orange, Virginia, on June 10, 2013, surrounded by his loving wife, Joyce, and two dear friends, John Ransone, who introduced Mel and Joyce, and Susan Rossell, a longtime colleague who is like a sister to both of them.

The school board of the City of Manassas announced Tuesday that Cathy F. Benner will become the new principal of Osbourn High School.

Authorities with the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office say they have arrested a man for a bank robbery last week.

A Remington man, his 12-year-old son and three others headed out for a relaxing canoe trip on Saturday but didn't escape the rising Rappahannock River until Monday morning, Fredericksburg Watershed Property Manager Lee Sillitoe said.

Organizers of a series of June events are hoping to introduce women and girls to aviation.

Several lines of powerful thunderstorms made their way through the DC region Sunday afternoon and evening, causing damage in some spots.

Northside 29 and Spitony's owners Bill and Tracey Chakalos do not want to see roundabouts put in front of their businesses on U.S. 29 in New Baltimore.

Ronald R. Cloud is scheduled to stand trial on Sept. 16 in Fauquier County Circuit Court on charges related to the 1980 New Year's Eve killing of Brad Baker.

Ronald R. Cloud is scheduled to stand trial on Sept. 16 in Fauquier County Circuit Court on charges related to the 1980 New Year's Eve killing of Brad Baker.

Shenandoah County authorities have identified a 3-year-old boy who drowned Saturday night in Cedar Creek as Talmage Cedar Brock of Arlington.

The Loudoun and Fauquier County Bar Associations are gearing up for the 13th Annual Leadership in the Law Summer Camp, hosted by the Town of Leesburg.

Peter Hawes, a 2012 graduate of the University of Mary Washington, has received a U.S. Fulbright grant for 2013-2014. Through the Fulbright, he will work for one year as an English teaching assistant in Nepal.