Today In History

March 2, 1961 — A high wind, estimated at 60 miles an hour, did considerable damage in this area Saturday of last week. Trees were up- rooted, roofs and buildings damaged and numerous television antennas […]

March 1, 1962 — Miss Beverley McCoy, beautiful brunette and first runner-up in the 1961 Miss Ruritan contest, was chosen as Miss Ruritan for 1962 last Saturday evening at Page County High School. Miss McCoy, […]

February 28, 1991 — Luray firefighters battled a blaze Feb. 20 at a butcher shop and storage building on Va. 655 east of Luray belonging to Charles Atkins. The blaze occurred around 3:25 a.m., according […]

• FEBRUARY 28, 1889 — When the northbound passenger train on the S.V.R.R, last Friday night, was within a mile of Bentonville it came in collision with a flat car loaded with railroad bars, which […]

• FEBRUARY 27, 1986 — Page County gasoline buyers have a welcome sign awaiting them at filling stations: signs proclaiming reduced prices. Prices tumbled — in some places to less than a dollar a gallon […]

• FEBRUARY 26, 1987 — A wintry storm piled nearly a foot of snow on Page County Sunday, forcing schools to close, creating hazardous road conditions and disrupting business and meeting schedules Monday. The heavy […]