FORT DEFIANCE – A 16-year-old Fort Defiance High School junior died Wednesday morning, two days after she crashed her mother’s car into a tree.

Word of Angela Kania’s death left her classmates in a whirl of sadness with homecoming weekend approaching, Principal Larry Landes said.

‘Extreme Makeover’ volunteers to rehab high school grounds

Augusta County Schools charge that a district administrator cost himself two jobs he sought because he was difficult to manage, failed to lead and struggled to control students and staff, resulting in a string of high-profile incidents that drew negative local and national media scrutiny.

It was just a lesson being taught to a JV player at the end of a practice, but it was one not lost on members of the Fort Defiance football team.

Members of the Fort Defiance High School Future Farmers of America team came away with six state titles and numerous individual honors during the State FFA Convention that took place earlier this week at Virginia Tech.