Today In History

May 3, 1990 — Shenandoah voters Tuesday elected Clinton O. Lucas Jr. as the mayor in a tight race. A newcomer and two incumbents were elected to Shenandoah’s council in a better than usual 48 […]

May 2, 1889 — French Twyman, who has been in the county jail for some weeks, tiring of this retirement from his ordinary pleasures and pursuits, made a strike for liberty last Friday night. About […]

May 1, 1986 — A Route 3, Luray women escaped injury Monday evening when a bullet from a high-powered rifle passed through the roof of her house, bounced off the floor and grazed her head. […]

April 30, 1987 — When Sandra Collier calls auctions, it’s anything but tongue- in-cheek business. “A skunk sat on a stump and thunk the stump stunk, but the stump thunk the skunk stunk,” sing-singed Mrs. […]

April 29, 1965 — A marauding black bear was shot to death at the Page Valley Estates last Thursday after a raid on property in the area. The fatal shot was delivered by Joe Sottosanti […]

April 28, 1966 — The Page County Sheriff ’s Office reported this week that two county youths were arrested Saturday and charged with two counts of breaking and entering on Wednesday night of last week. […]