Today In History

July 16, 1987 — Danny Chu, owner of Chu Chu’s Steak and Seafood, is helping to prepare for the restaurant’s August opening on U.S. 340, just south of Luray. The eatery will specialize in steak and […]

July 15, 1965 — The Luray Lions Club will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its founding in Luray on Thursday evening of this week at the Mimslyn.  The new scale for admission to the local […]

July 14, 1887 — Mr. Price who had made extensive and expensive preparations for working the Kimball ore bank, near Kimball, 3-1/2 miles northeast of Luray, has, we regret to state, been compelled to suspend […]

July 13, 1961 — The A.L. Jobe Store in Springfield District, where an assault and robbery occurred better than a year ago, has been sold to Lynn Cullers, also of the Springfield District. The store […]

July 12, 1962 — In spite of drizzling rain which continued most of the day, a large crowd was on hand for the first annual Riverside Horse Show, conducted at Page Valley Estates Wednesday, July […]

July 11, 1889 — For several weeks Mr. Grayson, P.M., has been missing on Monday mornings small amounts from his cash drawer in the Post Office. He soon suspected that the office had been entered […]