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Trial of Melody Glascock begins in Kelly Gray homicide Linden resident accused of stabbing Gray to death in Bealeton By Coy Ferrell
Times Staff Writer
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Capt. Rob Smith, of Fauquier County Emergency Medical Services, cleans a stretcher outside Fauquier Hospital after transporting a patient to the hospital in April 2020, during the early days of the pandemic.
Supervisors approve 3% pay raises for county employees outside school division Agreement calls for additional 2% raise Jan. 1, 2022 By Coy Ferrell and Robin Earl
passed unanimously as part of the consent agenda Thursday evening. Based on the results of the quadrennial During the first week of June, supervireassessment of real estate values – the final sors and school board members announced numbers are expected later this summer – a deal that will fund a 5% raise for all Fausupervisors said they exquier County School Dipect to be able to fund the vision employees using a combined 5% raise going “I don’t want to leave combination of state and forward. Supervisors and local funds. On the after- them hanging or think school officials are also noon of Thursday, June they aren’t appreciated.” expecting an increase in 10, supervisors said they SUPERVISOR CHRIS BUTLER school enrollment, which had come to an agreeLee District would increase state ment to fund a 3% raise funding and therefore defor the roughly 650 recrease the local burden on maining county employees who are outside school funding. That, in turn, would leave the school division; an additional 2% raise is more funds available to fund increased salaexpected Jan. 1, 2022. ries for firefighters, EMTs, sheriff’s deputies The resolutions approving raises for both school employees and non-school employees See RAISES, page 17 Times Staff Writers
The jury trial of Melody Glascock, who is accused of killing Kelly Gray in her Bealeton apartMelody Glascock ment a year ago, began Monday with the selection of jurors and opening arguments. The first witnesses, including Kelly Gray’s husband, took the stand Tuesday morning. Glascock, a 56-year-old Linden resident, is accused of first-degree murder and two counts of soliciting a third party to commit murder. Prosecutors allege that, in the late afternoon of June 18, 2020, she met two accomplices in Marshall, bought a knife in Warrenton and drove to Bealeton, where the group arrived about 7 p.m. Glascock then entered Gray’s apartment and stabbed her to death, prosecutors have claimed. Kelly Gray, her husband Chris Gray and a woman who had previously been romantically involved with Glascock See TRIAL, page 16
County will revise zoning to disallow standalone companion animal retailers By Coy Ferrell
Times Staff Writer
In response to the uproar surrounding a New Baltimore puppy retailer, Fauquier County supervisors will move to eliminate the allowance for standalone companion animal retailers from the county code. Retailers of companion animals are currently allowed in commercial districts of Fauquier County, provided the business See RETAILERS, page 13
Supervisor Holder Trumbo (Scott District) initiated the process to amend the county code after wide opposition earlier this month to The Puppy Shop, which operates in his district.
COVID has taken a toll on the mental health of seniors. See page 4.
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