Today In History

March 29, 1887 — Mr. A. Schlegel, southern agent for the New York Children’s Aid Society, was in Luray last Monday evening with a view to ascertaining the probability of being able to find homes […]

March 28, 1989 — A fire of a suspicious nature in the Lucas Hollow area near Stanley destroyed some 1,200 acres of forested land last weekend, according to Chief Forest Warden Steve Moyer of the […]

March 27, 1961 — Pitcher Allen “Skippy” Greene and catcher Roger Baker will form the battery for the Stanley High Tigers when the team opens its baseball season on Saturday, April 1, against the Stonewall […]

March 26, 1961 — Police are pressing hard this week to find guilty parties responsible for a series of break-ins on Main Street last Saturday night. Eight stores report break-ins or attempted break-ins which occurred […]

March 25, 1990 — The trunk line from Stanley to Luray is complete and Adelphia Cable customers in the county seat should begin to be switched over to an expanded system as early as this […]

March 24, 1962 — A landslide at the big cut halfway up the east side of the Massanutten on U.S. 211 blocked traffic for several hours on Monday morning of this week but was handily […]