Orange County (Virginia)

by Mark Silva Yes, Virginia, there is a "South Park Republican.'' And, yes, Democrats are paying the closest attention to The Colbert Report. Nielsen's IAG Service, which tracks the "engagement'' of vieweres in a a TV show - how much......

Fisker took a major step toward its goal of putting the Karma, its 100-mpg plug-in electric hybrid, onto 40 dealership lots by the end of June. The green automaker has named 32 North American retailers that will sell and service......

A former husband and wife from San Clemente were convicted of stealing $330,000 for the man's 89-year-old mother, authorities said Monday....

The cast, crew and faculty of “Yes, Virginia the Musical” at Howard Middle School Two Orange County schools — Howard Middle School, home of a new performing and visual arts academy, and Andover Elementary School — are among 100...

Gov. Rick Scott was in Orange County this morning for that bill signing ceremony, as we noted earlier. Gerard Robinson, Florida's soon-to-be education commissioner, was to be with him but his flight from Virginia (where he is the current education...

Three firms, including the one that conducted Orange County Public Schools' messy 1997 superintendent search, are vying to help the district look for its next leader. The 800-pound gorilla is Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, which said in their...

Lee Chapin Sammis passed away February 12, 2013, in his home in Newport Beach, CA, where he lived and built his business for the past 50 years.  He was born on February 15, 1931 in Los Angeles to MIT graduates Ford Woodruff and Constance Sharp Sammis. ...

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Abingdon 57, Tazewell 49    Alleghany 44, Staunton River 35    Atlantic Shores Christian 32, Hampton Christian 19    Atlee 59, Lee-Davis 56    Bassett 31, Patrick County 27    Blacksburg 47, Christiansburg 41    Broad Run 53, Freedom...

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

A man charged with first-degree murder was being held in the Eastern Regional Jail Sunday, awaiting extradition to Orange County, Va., according to a news release from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. James Melvin Smith, 43, was being held, as a...

A piece of Virginia history could soon be in a junk yard. A one-lane bridge on Taylor's Mill Road in Pittsylvania County is nearly 100 years old. It was used in Orange County, Virginia near Fredricksburg then moved to Gretna in 1944. Virginia Department...

     The City of Salem is receiving a grant from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation to acquire nine acres to complete the Roanoke River Greenway project between Rotary Park and the city line.  Another grant was awarded to the city for the trail...