Today In History

May 2, 1889 — A difficulty occurred on the Massanutton Mountain at Spracker’s Spring, about 200 yards beyond the Page line last Monday, between two men, one named Kite and the other Higgs, both of […]

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 — Six-year-old Rhonda Couch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Couch, was chosen “Little Miss Shenandoah” Friday evening at the Shenandoah Elementary School over 45 first and second-graders. Rhonda is a first-grader […]

April 28, 1887 — The barn on the farm of the late Capt. Jos. Keyser was destroyed by fire about 1 o’clock last Tuesday night, together with a large lot of hay, 50 barrels of […]

April 27, 1911 — Conduct in the Post Office lobby, especially when the evening mails are being opened, has come to such a pass that Postmaster Holtzman has been compelled to call the attention of […]