August 13 2008
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The Effinger Ruritan Club’s annual ice cream supper at the Palmer Community Center brought out more than 1,200 hungry people Saturday evening, Aug. 16. Click here for a slide show...

VMI Cadet Killed In Auto Accident

Robert R. Knight, 19, a rising third class cadet (sophomore) at Virginia Military Institute, was killed in an automobile accident in the Isle of Wight County community of Carrollton in the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 16.


Knight was scheduled to return to VMI on this past Sunday to begin training as a cadre member for the incoming class of new...

Civil War Center Accepts Jefferson Davis Statue

By Kit Huffman
Lexington sculptor Gary Casteel’s bronze statue of Jefferson Davis has been accepted by the American Civil War Center in Richmond.


The statue’s acceptance had been in doubt, following criticism by a state NAACP official and a statement from the museum’s president saying that the organization was under no obligation to accept gifts, especially if they were redundant.


The museum...

News and Features

E. Coli Outbreak Leads To Recall

Investigation Into Scout Camp Cases Continues

BY ROBERTA ANDERSON

The California food supply company that has been identified as at least one source of the E. coli...

Corner At Center Of City Debate

Speakers Differ On New Bank's Plans

BY ROBERTA ANDERSON

The prospect of a bank building replacing what was - during the 20th century - a filling station...

Sale Of Courthouse Goes To Hearing

BY ED SMITH

A proposed sale of the old Rockbridge County courthouse is to be taken to a public hearing later this month.

Rockbridge Partners LLC is...

Clark, Wood To Lead BV Schools

BY KIT HUFFMAN

Troy Clark and Christine Wood were appointed as new principals in a special session of The Buena Vista City School Board Thursday night,...

Just In Time For School

Amy Woody (at left, in back) picks out a notebook at Wal-Mart Tuesday as she shops with her children Dalton Woody, 1, and Reagan, 3,...

Lexington Responds To LFD Lawsuit

City Says Case Should Not Be In Federal County

BY ROBERTA ANDERSON

Attorneys for the city of Lexington have filed a response to the civil lawsuit brought...

Hogan Gets BV Council Position

Editor's note: The following story appeared in last week's newspaper, but, due to a layout error, nearly two paragraphs at the start of the "continued"...

Back In Time At Hull's

Anthony Stephenson (at left, in foreground) of Craigsville talks about his classic '38 Ford (in front, right) during Nostalgia Night at Hull's Drive-In Friday. The...



Clark Completes Summer Home Care Course

Diana Clark of Rockbridge County completed the 2008 Summer Home Care Campaign June 27.

The course is sponsored by the Virginia Association for Persona Care Assistants,...

Beach Music Festival Car Show Winners Announced

The 2008 Beach Music Festival classic car show saw over 175 entries

“We were extremely pleased with not only the number of classic cars who entered...

History Channel To Feature Trebuchet

Col. Grigg Mullen (far left), professor of civil engineering at Virginia Military Institute, secures the arm of a 12-foot trebuchet as a video crew from...

New Fire In St. Mary's

A small fire has been reported in the St. Mary’s Wilderness Area on the northwest border of Rockbridge County.
JoBeth Brown, public affairs officer for...

Susan Harvey To Lead Rockbridge Youth Chorale

Susan Harvey has been named the new artistic director for the Rockbridge Youth Chorale.


Harvey is entering her 20th year as a music educator in...

RATS Receives Grant To Help Offset Costs

The Rockbridge Area Transportation System has received a grant of $15,000 from the Virginia Department of Aging, according to RATS Executive Director Tim Root.


The...


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