Today In History

March 24, 1987 — Thursday morning ribbon-cutting ceremonies attended by local dignitaries and civic officials marked the formal opening of Jamesway Corporation’s newest discount department store. The Luray store will employ some 70 area residents, full […]

March 23, 1989 — Page County 4-H’ers have undertaken a project to help those who cannot see. The 4-H Guide Dog project was implemented in the county in April 1987 by Paula Doden, a member […]

March 22, 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 21, 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 20, 1890 — In 1883, the coke house of Milnes was destroyed by fire, and strange as it may seem, the fire has never yet been extinguished, though entirely exposed to all the rain […]

March 19, 1987 — The Page County Board of Supervisors all but dropped out of the regional jail project. The supervisors gave no official word on whether they would help build a prison to relieve […]