Fittingly, the Strasburg and Gate City volleyball teams continued their thrilling postseason rivalry, stretching their state semifinal match nearly as far as it could go this afternoon. 0

STRASBURG -- The bullet that ripped through her son's skull also broke Janeen Johannsen's heart and spirit. "The trick is I don't sleep; I'm driven out of my bed," Johannsen says of how she's managed to get up each day since Jan. 6 -- the day Jody Lynn Bradley, of 189 Wakemans Grove Road, Edinburg, shot and killed her son, 16-year-old Brendon Manning Barker. 1

FRONT ROYAL -- Warren County community activist William L. "Bill" Pierceall says the Warren County Social Services board made a costly mistake when approving a new five-year contract for Director Ronald L. King. 1

The news wasn't as awful as it could have been, but it was still plenty bad. The Virginia Department of Transportation needs to find another $851 million in cuts in the six-year transportation plan to balance the books, officials said Thursday. 0

MT. JACKSON -- In wishing for an economic turnaround "relatively soon," former Woodstock delegate Clinton Miller is like many people these days. 0

As more and more homeowners struggle to keep a roof over their heads, fewer are using cleaning services. 0