Family members of Shannon Abbs who voted in Tuesday’s election: six. Votes by which she appears to have upset an incumbent for a seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors: five.

The 23-month-old was pronounced dead at the University of Virginia Medical Center on Sunday

The dog, a pit bull that had been with the family for 10 years, was turned over to animal control officers and euthanized Sunday night.

ORANGE - A pit bull that attacked and killed a 23-month-old Orange County girl has been euthanized.

ORANGE — Orange County will “vigorously defend” its decision to grant a special-use permit to Wal-mart Stores Inc. for a Supercenter near the Wilderness Civil War battlefield.

The suit contends that supervisors “brushed aside” mounting concerns

James Madison’s Montpelier celebrated Constitution Day with guest keynote speaker Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

A woman turning onto Route 20 in Orange County caused a wreck that killed her and sent eight people, including two people on a school bus, to a hospital, the Virginia State Police said.

On a 4-1 vote taken shortly before 1 a.m., the board approved a special-use permit.

During the first two hours of the hearing, residents spoke in favor of the store by a 2-1 ratio.

Orange County supervisors will decide which history lesson to believe Monday, when they are expected to vote on the store after a public hearing.

“No. We’re not seeking a buyer for our company.”

About 100 people showed up at Thursday night’s Planning Commission hearing

Wal-Mart adds 240 new stores a year, but few have received as much attention as a Supercenter planned near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia’s Orange County.

Consistent, increasing growth is a rare thing, especially amidst an economic recession.

For a block or two on either side of the train tracks, Main Street in this quaint Piedmont town looks like something straight from a movie set.

The Wal-Mart proposal has angered historic preservations

Wal-Mart is seeking the board’s blessing for a store near the Wilderness battlefield.

A Gordonsville man’s hoax terrorist device trial ended during his opening statement Tuesday when the judge declared a mistrial and ordered him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

ORANGE — Wal-Mart’s proposal to build a Supercenter near a hallowed Civil War battlefield won the backing of Orange County planners Thursday.

The Orange County Planning Commission is scheduled to take up the retailer’s proposal this evening, with the final decision remaining with the Board of Supervisors.

The private nonprofit preservation group sided with a who’s who of historians, congressmen and celebrities who have taken a stand against the 138,000-square-foot store in Orange County.

An Orange County man was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for killing a Lynchburg man in a motel parking lot in April 2008.

Orange County recently gave a face lift to its Crime Solvers program, allowing all callers to remain anonymous and handing out cash for tips leading to arrests.

A major battlefield that straddles Orange and Spotsylvania counties is among 10 Civil War sites considered endangered, according to a report released Wednesday by a nonprofit preservation group.

Wal-Mart and its supporters say the store would be behind a bank and a strip mall, a mile from the entrance to the site of the 1864 clash.

Orange County fire claims life of man

In 1990, 21,421 people lived in Orange County.

Barboursville resident John P. “Big John” Miska, who is the commander of Ruckersville’s VFW post, has filed the suit against the National Park Service, agency director Mary A. Bomar, Washington-area director Peggy O’Dell and Dwight E. Pettiford, chief of the National Park Service Police.

The James Madison Museum in Orange unveiled its “Presidential Cousins” exhibit to celebrate presidents Zachary Taylor and his second cousin James Madison.