Members of the RSW Regional Jail Authority got a preview on Thursday of the new jail facility that will house up to 375 inmates and employ about 140 people when it opens in 2014. The $82 million jail, which is under construction on U.S. 340/522 in Warren County, will feature computer-controlled plumbing that prevents toilets from being deliberately clogged, 70-square-foot cells containing two bunks with pre-installed stainless steel fixtures, and “outdoor” recreation areas with stainless steel screen roofs where inmates are exposed to daylight.

A four-hour search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Shenandoah County Saturday night ended in tragedy when his body was found floating in Cedar Creek just after midnight.

26-year-old Reid Wodicka starts his new role in Woodstock on June 1. He replaces outgoing town manager Larry Bradford, who spent 26 years in the post.

In a letter that Dr.Keith Rowland read aloud during a Shenandoah County School Board meeting last Thursday, he said stepping down from the position was "in the best interest of my family and those who provide me with the highest level of support."

A Shenandoah County native was honored as the 33rd recipient of the Virginia General Assembly’s “Outstanding Virginian of the Year” award at a ceremony at the 4-H Educational Center on Saturday. William B. Holtzman, 75, who turned a small distributorship in Mount Jackson into Holtzman Corp., a regional gas, oil, construction and food conglomerate, received the award from his daughter, state Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Upperville).