Frederick County News

NORFOLK - A state transportation system spokeswoman says cleanup and repairs will continue throughout the weekend on a faulty pump system that prompted the westbound tube of the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel to close.

For the second time this year, there has been a drowning in Frederick County. A 14-year-old boy drowned at Sherando Park Lake Thursday evening.

WINCHESTER, Va. - Workers at the Frederick County Landfill were surprised by what they found in a large trash bin trucked in from a Goodwill Industries store: a woman who had apparently gotten trapped.

A judge has convicted a Frederick County jail inmate of trying to arrange the killing of his former girlfriend's fiance.

Two men charged in the theft of a woman's purse and subsequent check forgeries have been indicted by a Frederick County Circuit Court grand jury.

Authorities say a Frederick County teacher is accused of using his cell phone to record teenage girls change their clothes.

Sometimes it takes faith to build a home. A new house project for Winchester-Frederick County Habitat for Humanity draws together representatives of numerous faiths in the area.

A body found Saturday in West Virginia is that of Kayleigh Marie Plamondon, a Clarke County woman reported missing since June 9, authorities said Thursday.

WINCHESTER -- The brother of a man suspected in his murder was shot in the head, according to the Virginia State Medical examiner's office.

A man wanted in connection with the shooting death of his brother and disappearance of his ex-girlfriend was arrested Saturday after an extensive two-day search, authorities said.

A Gaithersburg woman has been charged with drunken driving after police say she caused several crashes while driving the wrong way over seven miles on two highways in Frederick County.

A two-vehicle crash in Frederick County on Monday morning sent three people to the hospital, one by helicopter, according to state police.

Gas prices are soaring again. Budgets are getting tighter. And, bills are steadily piling.

Owners of a Frederick County limousine firm raided by authorities earlier this week are under investigation for alleged fraud and other crimes involving their vehicles, according to court documents.

Frederick prosecutors say a 52-year-old man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to eight years on charges stemming from a chase that killed a police officer.

Authorities have taken one person into custody after a car chase that started in Frederick County, Virginia on Friday morning and crossed into the Eastern Panhandle.

NBC 25 - A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Frederick County, Virginia until 7:00 p.m. A Flash Flood Watch was issued for the majority of the Four-State area through midnight tonight due to slow-moving thunderstorms producing torrential downpours.

WINCHESTER -- A woman accused of keeping 200 cats in a filthy trailer must hand the felines over to authorities, a judge ruled Tuesday.

A Civil War trail in Elkton and a preservation march next year in Rockingham County are among projects aided by nearly $46,500 in federal funds to preserve history in the region.

A Danville man was killed Friday when his vehicle went off the side of a road in Pittsylvania County, hit a tree and overturned.