Today In History

June 22, 1989 — Over 530 people visited the Luray O’Sullivan plant during its open house Saturday. Company officials were on hand, and some people were taken along on tours. But most seemed to prefer […]

June 21, 1990 — The Town of Stanley is very close to purchasing the Hawksbill Recreation Park. Thursday night, the council voted unanimously, with Louis Bosley abstaining because of a potential conflict of interest, to […]

June 20, 1991 — After almost 20 years of waiting, Page County residents will finally have their own vocational training center. School board chairman Dick Fox announced plans Monday to purchase the vacant Autometrics plant, just […]

June 19, 1986 — A Page County sheriff ’s deputy reported Monday that five people were charged in connection with a fracas south of Stanley Saturday evening. Although 20 to 30 people had gathered at […]

June 18, 1987 — The Lewis Long apartment building on Luray’s East Main Street was demolished last week by Oscar Sours Contractors to make space for a new Luray Fire Department headquarters building. LFD president […]

June 17, 1965 — Now that the women golfers have organized, male followers of the game will have to give more heed to the call of “fore.” According to Mrs. Robert Harnsberger, who is president […]