Today In History

March 16, 1911 — Mr. R. Lee Taylor shot and killed Mr. Thomas Brown at Sperryville last Saturday. Mr. Taylor is a justice of the peace, and Mr. Brown had formerly been a justice. The […]

March 15, 1962 — The Luray High School baseball squad of 1962 will begin outdoor practice on Monday, March 6, under coaches Bob Crews and Sam White. This will give Luray two weeks to get […]

March 14, 1889 — Messrs. Jos. T. Strickler, Philip Long, Jno. W. Long, Daniel S. Hite, M.V. Gander, Reuben Ruffner, A.D. and A.J. Brubaker, of the Old School Baptist Church, have been appointed to a […]

March 13, 1986 — The Page County Board of Supervisors appropriated $3,000 Monday afternoon to help build a new baseball field in Stanley and to renovate a flood-damaged field at Luray’s Veterans Memorial Park. The […]

March 12, 1987 — The Page County Board of Supervisors all but dropped out of the regional jail project Monday afternoon. The supervisors gave no official word on whether they would help build a prison […]

March 11, 1965 — The Page County Board of Supervisors in an otherwise routine session here Monday of this week, unanimously adopted a resolution approving and urging the establishment of a post high school technical […]