Bus crash traps family home on foggy morning
A chartered bus carrying 20 youths and 17 chaperones struck the Hart residence at 8509 N Valley Pike Linville pinning Tony Hart asleep on a second floor bed. Charlotte Hart woke at 6 15 am as plaster fell. Two injured were moved to RMH in stable condition. The youth group heading to Awakening 2000 at William and Mary saw the trip canceled.
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Tony Hart
Charlotte
Williamsburg
Hart House
N. Valley Pike
Linville
Hart
Charlotte Hart
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Rmh
Patricia Meadows
Mountain View United Methodist Church
Meadows
Awakening
College of William and Mary
Senate Parties Split Over Guns and School Vouchers
Senate Democrats push education as the vehicle to push gun safety and juvenile justice reform, targeting $20 billion in federal K-12 grants. Kennedy argues safety and school violence prevention align with gun access limits while Republicans emphasize voucher flexibility and parental choice amid Capitol war rooms and online events.
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Washington
Senate
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Capitol
Clinton
Golf Course Stand Defines Candidates For City Council
The race for Harrisonburg City Council features six candidates for three seats with a pro golf course slate led by Mayor Rodney Eagle and Councilman Walter F Green III. Opponents include Democrat Joe Fitzgerald independents Carolyn Frank and Dora Peterson backed by Taxpayers Against Golf Spending.
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Harrisonburg
Rodney Eagle
Walter F. Green III
Hillandale Park
Eagle
Dora Peterson
Fitzgerald
James Madison University
Peterson
JMU
Frank
GTE
Change
TAGS
Valleywide Municipal Elections Set for Tuesday Votes
Voters in Elkton New Market Mount Jackson Shenandoah and surrounding towns head to polls Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Contested mayoral and council races feature incumbents challengers and several named candidates across multiple towns with Staunton and Waynesboro also voting on city council and school board races.
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Harrisonburg
Elkton
New Market
Mount Jackson
Shenandoah
M. Lee Dearing
Fred Bennett
Randall Snow
Charles Dean
Bennett
Phillip “Rick” Workman II
Lucky Sigafoose
Cathy Murphy
Theodore Pence
Ronald Englmeyer
Ripley Click
Abbas Rawroot
Harry Lam
Donald Fuller
Miller Roberts
Thomas Linski
James Stroop Jr
Jack Kkey
Michael Koontz
Rodney Shepherd
George Whiting
Chal
Dewey Jordan
Ronald Zerkel
Clinton Lucas Jr
Carol Blake
Ed Enterline
C.L
Chuck” Tomney
Michael Clapper
Linda Luanne H. Raines
Clara Jean Stepp
Rita Rudolph
John Warren
Edinburg
Woodstock
Luray
Stanley
Staunton
Waynesboro
Richard Bell
Roy Stephenson
Rita S. Wilson
Douglas C. Wine
Robert Fortune
David Metz
Ronald R. Robinson
Shelley P. Bryant
Jesse Campbell
Cheryl A. Carroll
Gregory C. Cook
LeRoy W. Crawford
Sarah L., Crenshaw
Andrea W. Oakes
Obituary notices list multiple regional deaths on page 16
Hiram Hank C. Arey 93 of Waynesboro Betty Burns 69 of Stanley Martha Cofield 83 of Luray Thelma Crist 69 of Harrisonburg Billy Dellinger 45 of Mount Jackson Effie Fitzwater 89 of Baker W Va Charles Gaw 35 of Colorado Springs Agnes Kyger 84 of Waynesboro Sarah Painter 85 of Stanley Trevor Rader 3 days of Maysville W Va Mary Reed 87 of Harrisonburg Ruby Short 77 of Luray Kathleen Strawderman 74 of Broadway Beatrice Whitmore Edith Webster, all listed on page 16 of the edition.
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Hiram “Hank” C. Arey
Waynesboro
Betty J. Burns
Stanley Martha T. Cofield
Luray
Thelma A. Crist
Harrisonburg
Billy W. Dellinger
Mount Jackson
Effie. Fitzwater
Baker
W.va
Charles K. Gaw
Colorado Springs
Alo
Agnes H. Kyger
Sarah F. Painter
Stanley Trevor J. Rader
Maysville
Mary P. Reed
Ruby F. Short
Kathleen F. Strawderman
Broadway
Beatrice £. Whitmore
Edith B. Webster
McCain Will Endorse Bush Without Finance Accord
Senator John McCain said he will endorse George W. Bush next week even if they do not agree on campaign finance reform. He cited common goals on Social Security, the military, education and health care, and said endorsing without a finance pact would avoid litmus testing.
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McCain
Bush
Washington
John McCain
George W. Bush
CBS
Texas
R-Ariz
Litmus
Gays and supporters march on Washington for equal rights
Hundreds of thousands of gays and supporters marched on the Capitol transforming the National Mall into a sea of flags. They urged protection of homosexual rights after a week of victories including Vermont’s new same sex marriage law and renewed pleas for broader protections.
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Washington
Capitol
National Mall
Adam May
Atlanta
Vermont
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Associated Press
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James Jeffords
R-Vt
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Jeffords
Kennedy
Jeff Mellott
News-Record
D.C
Victor Astor
Memphis
Tennessee
Washington Monument
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