Today In History

August 30, 1962 — Army Sgt. John E. Young, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus G. Young, of Stanley, participated with more than 70,000 Army and Air Force personnel in Exercise Swift Strike II, […]

August 29, 1889 — A man named Raines, who lives near Rileyville, this county, was arrested last Sunday on the charge of beating his wife. He had a hearing before Justice Jas. B. Good on […]

August 28, 1890 — A party consisting of a number of our townspeople visited Stony Man last Thursday, among whom were Mr. W.A. Hawkins and Miss Lillie Sentinen, a guest of Mr. W.M. Fielding’s. As […]

August 27, 1987 — Stuart Johnston maintains he’s trying to preserve a lost art. The Page County Building Inspector claims he’s in violation of state and local building codes. Johnston brings the past to life […]

August 26, 1965 — The best four-out-of- seven-games series for the Valley League Baseball championship between the Luray Colonials and New Market Rebels opened last Sunday night at New Market with Luray taking the opening […]

August 25, 1911 — John Hilliards, of Ingham, this county, for years a Lane Bros. Foreman, killed a man recently near Jackson, Ky., in a shooting affray between members of the contractors camp and the […]