The News-Gazette

Fri, 05/24/2019 - 4:14pm

Patriotic Display Goes Up For Memorial Day Weekend

Friday - The Memorial Day Field of Memories American flag display can be seen throughout this weekend on the lawn in front of Hampton Inn Col Alto. The project by the Rotary Club of Lexington Sunrise represents an opportunity to honor family, friends and others who have served the country through...

Fri, 05/24/2019 - 2:06pm

Dam Demolition Well Underway

History was being made − and in some people’s minds unmade − this week at Jordans Point, as the 10-foot-high, 185-foot-wide concrete and stone-aggregate dam across the Maury River was chipped away by a hydraulic rock hammer and an excavator from Shenandoah Streamworks, a contractor with the...

Fri, 05/24/2019 - 10:14am

Keesee named LDMS Principal

Dr. Abbott W. Keesee was appointed as Lylburn Downing Middle School principal Friday morning. At a special called school board meeting, Keesee accepted the position, starting July 1. Keesee has been the assistant principal of Nelson County High School since 2014. Before that, Keese began working...

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 7:50pm

Blues Edge Bath To Repeat As District Boys Soccer Champions

Thursday, May 23 – Erasing a two-goal deficit, the Parry McCluer High School boys soccer team won at top seed Bath County 3-2 to repeat as Pioneer District champions on Thursday. Jacob Hamilton scored the winning goal for the second-seeded Fighting Blues (8-5-0) off an assist from Isaac Armstrong...

Thu, 05/23/2019 - 3:01pm

Dam Removal Begins

3 p.m. Thursday - Contractors are starting to take down the Jordans Point dam this afternoon. Railroad piers had been removed back in April during the first phase of the dam removal project, but rains and high water drove the contractors back out of the river. Then early his month, the contractors...

Wed, 05/22/2019 - 10:37am

Graduation Special Section In This Week's Paper

May 22 - It's graduation weekend at Rockbridge County High School and Parry McCluer High School, and The News-Gazette is once again celebrating our graduates with a special section in today's paper. You can see photos of the graduates, read stories about their classes and get the details on...

Mon, 05/20/2019 - 7:57pm

RC Girls Lax Beats Blacksburg In Regional Quarters

Monday, May 20 -- The second-seeded Rockbridge County High School girls lacrosse team took down seventh-seeded Blacksburg 11-1 in the quarterfinals of the Region 4D tournament in Lexington. Alexis Coleman totaled three goals and two assists to lead the Wildcats (10-4) to their second win over the...

Fri, 05/17/2019 - 3:38pm

Construction At VMI To Reroute Traffic

Traffic on Virginia Military Insitute post will be rerouted from Monday, May 20, through Friday, May 25, as contractors begin utility improvement work. Detour signs will reroute traffic during the work day—7 a.m. to 4 p.m.—throughout the construction process. At the end of each work day, the...