“He was born in Greene County, he loved Greene County and he defended Greene County,

Morris died at 5:01 p.m. Thursday, Greene County Sheriff Scott Haas confirmed.

Trenton Ray Morris, 26, of 248 Commonwealth Drive, was arrested Friday

STANARDSVILLE — Attorneys representing Greene County sheriff’s officials sued by a woman who claims she was zapped with a Taser say the civil case should be dismissed and officials not held liable because they were performing a government function.

A Greene County woman who was zapped with a Taser in front of her daughter has filed an $850,000 lawsuit against a deputy and the sheriff of the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

“We’re thankful for the truck driver,” Greene County Sheriff J. Scott Haas said. “We’re thankful that he did everything he could do.“

STANARDSVILLE — A Greene County sheriff’s investigator was killed in a fiery crash Thursday afternoon on Route 230 near the Greene Hills Golf Course.

A Greene County sheriff’s investigator was killed in a crash this afternoon on Route 230 near Dundee Road in Greene County.

Admission is free. The museum is located at 6265 Spring Hill Road, Ruckersville.

A state transportation agent quit his job Monday amid an investigation into a recording in which officials say he is heard unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against a Greene County truck driver.

One southbound lane of U.S. 29 remains closed about one-half mile north of the U.S. 33 intersection in Greene County.

The Greene County Board of Supervisors is expected to vote on a proposed county ordinance amendment that would raise the lodging tax on visitors from 2 percent to 5 percent, at its meeting Tuesday. A public hearing will be held on the matter.

A Virginia-based defense contractor is expanding into a 45,000-square-foot facility to produce and manufacture optical devices and develop new small-arms weapons for the military and homeland defense.

Mullins, 33, still faces three counts of attempted malicious wounding and three firearm charges.

“He didn’t intend to rob anyone,” Morris said in court, “but he told [a Harrisonburg police officer], ‘I was addicted to it.’”

While grade-school bullies still lurk on playgrounds everywhere, the Internet offers a new realm for abuse.

The House of Delegates on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow Greene County to increase its hotel tax rate from 2 percent to 5 percent.

Greene County may soon have the ability to more than double its lodging tax rate — a move that would vastly expand the county’s efforts to attract tourists.

Most of the nearly 204 acres upon which the Four Seasons age-restricted development sits in Ruckersville off U.S. 33 is set to be auctioned off on the courthouse steps Jan. 22.

While all anxiously await Santa’s visit, it is an unexpected Arctic guest that has hotlines and list serves across Virginia buzzing.

ORANGE — An Orange County man will face a grand jury next week in connection with a beating death in mid-August.

Greene County authorities have charged two teenagers in a hazing incident at William Monroe High School in September.

Recess has a fresh face at Ruckersville Elementary School, where the ribbon was cut on a new playground this week.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office has received a $150,000 grant for school security.

“To our knowledge, nothing’s ever happened at school,” Jennifer Richter, assistant superintendent for instruction said.

William Monroe High School is dealing with two allegations of “inappropriate conduct,” one of which is now under investigation by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

Members of the Virginia and Pennsylvania cavalries clash during the 144th anniversary of the Battle of Stanardsville. 

No dummies are needed to try out new safety features on two cars at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s vehicle research center in Ruckersville.

Car lovers, drivers, and fans of destruction gather at the Greene County fairgrounds Saturday, August 9, 2008 for the demolition derby.  The derby pits stripped down cars against each other in a fight to the death.  Winners live to drive in the final round, losers limp off the playing arena with the aid of tow trucks and tractors.

A Preddy Creek woman died Thursday morning when her sport utility vehicle went off a curve into a creek and crushed her beneath the vehicle, according to Virginia State Police.