Flashbacks is a weekly series looking back at the over 100-year history of The News Leader and its place across the Staunton, Augusta County region.

Ellie Goulding has become a mother for the second time, giving birth to a baby girl with her boyfriend, Beau Minniear.

Like sands through the hourglass, these are the stars of our lives…”—Nostradamus Ours is an unprecedented time in astrological studies. Astrologers are setting themselves on fire in the streets.

Before the advent of widespread and effective vaccines, the complication occurred enough in the U.S. that, in the 1960s, a doctor created a national registry of SSPE patients. Researchers now estimate ...

Southerners don’t have a monopoly on celebrating Easter, but there’s no denying that we mark the day with exceptional flair.

My daughter, “Abigail,” is getting married in June, and my wife and I are at odds over whether to allow her sister, “Gia,” to ...

Ellie Goulding welcomed a daughter with boyfriend Beau Minniear in March 2026. This is her first baby with Minniear and second child overall. The couple first revealed their relationship in July 2025.

Madison, an extremely talented and competitive 9‑year‑old with a liking for BMX and soccer, joined the morning news crew this ...

The BBC has announced the sixth annual Faith & Hope season, an unparalleled commitment to multi-faith religious programming across TV and Radio beginning this month which will run ...

She was a towering figure on the culinary front for more than 40 years, turning the art of French cooking into prime-time television entertainment.

Model, author and activist Charli Howard was still a child when she began to associate her changing body with feelings of ...

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis typically takes years to appear.