Grigsby Dodson of Sperryville stood tearfully before Rappahannock County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey W. Parker on Monday (May 14), as he rejected the plea agreement the commonwealth and her defense had worked out, giving her a week to decide whether to pursue the case with him or start over with another judge.

Police say a Prince William jail guard has been arrested on sex conspiracy charges for trying to have a man jailed and sodomized.

The town of Washington plans to purchase one of the county's most develop-able commercial real estate tracts and, if all goes right, never develop it — except as a showcase of conservation.

Although, in just over a month, three full-scale operas will need to be almost-simultaneously rehearsed in the shed that houses his desk, in the Festival Tent next door and the nearby Theatre House, Castleton Festival production chief John D. Harris is calm, cheerful even.

Miss Rappahannock, Relay for Life and more this weekend; Pennsylvania bluegrass at the Theatre; how to learn more about Future Farming and invasive plants; another mural shaped in Flint Hill and shipped out; "students" return to Scrabble; a Father's Day folk date.

Police said Gustavo Atilio Gomez Martinez tried to choke one officer and kicked another several times in his chest, arms and legs at the Tacketts Mill Taco Bell.

Officials said the fire burned the first-floor bathroom and also caused smoke damage throughout the home.

Christina Danielle Phillips was last seen on Saturday, police said.

Newspapers are not dead. In fact, they're a "good investment opportunity," says an executive with the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary that's agreed to buy the InsideNoVa Network.

Police are asking for help after 14 cars in Manassas were broken into during the overnight hours between Friday and Saturday.