Here’s what’s on tap today in Culpeper

On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, setting the 13 American colonies on the road to freedom from British rule.

Renovation done but no word on when it will be back in business

Former GOP Vice Presidential candidate announces she’s stepping down by the end of the month

Fireworks sales still strong despite economy, say business owners

Billionaire wants funds to pay lawyers, accountants to search his assets

Charlottesville man, 45, was reported missing Wednesday

The offices of the Culpeper Star-Exponent will be closed today in observation of the Independence Day holiday. The offices will reopen Monday.

A new historical marker in Orange County will tell the story of Marquis de Lafayette’s maneuvers in Virginia during 1781.

Woman spent nine days in hospital after attack at apartment last summer

According to Culpeper County government records, building permits are being issued, though at a substantially slower rate than in years past.

But the local housing industry is showing signs of recovery

Local cabinet plant earns award from DEQ

Culpeper man convicted of stabbing woman in 2008

All told, 14.7 million people were unemployed in June.

VDOT says traffic was backed up about 11 miles

Authorities seized 107 Mason jars of shrooms from home of Felix Christopher Gutierrez, 31

U.S. soldier went missing Tuesday in the Mullakheil area of eastern Paktika province

The reported missile moves came after a North Korean ship — suspected of possibly carrying illicit weapons — changed course and was heading back the way it came after remaining under U.S. surveillance for more than a week.

A full day of patriotic fun is on deck as Culpeper celebrates the nation’s 233rd birthday on Saturday.

It just got a bit easier for pedestrians to cross the busy downtown intersection at Main and Davis streets.

Mission Gratitude will join Culpeper Renaissance at Culpeper’s annual Car and Bike Show on July 4,  from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. near the Depot. 

A July 27 public hearing is scheduled in Orange County on a Wal-Mart Supercenter proposed near the Wilderness Civil War battlefield.

New policy would limit reservation length for pre-paid utility connections

The cause of the crash, the deadliest in the rail system’s 33-year history, has not been determined.

The ordinance revision, which has been discussed for years, seemed to be nearing a vote in April when council members decided not to act on the issue

President pitched health care plan Wednesday at Northern Virginia Community College

Paul Warner Powell, 31, is set to die July 14 at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt for killing and attempting to rape Stacie Lynn Reed in 1999

The company could also be close to naming a new, permanent CEO

Opponents predicted it would lead to racial profiling for thousands of Latinos who are U.S. citizens.