Wed, 05/12/2021 - 3:35pm
Wednesday, May 12 – The Rockbridge County High School softball team cruised to a 12-0 home win over Valley District rival Harrisonburg on Tuesday evening.
The Wildcats (3-1 overall, 2-1 district)...
FIGHTING BLUE senior third baseman Maison Hamilton leaps to try to get a Bath County base runner out. The Blues won both games in the doubleheader. (Ronnie Coffey photo)
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 12:00am
The Parry McCluer High School baseball team went 2-1 in Pioneer District action last week, falling to Covington last Wednesday before sweeping a doubleheader over Bath County on Friday.
Against...
RC JUNIOR catcher Maddie Falls waits for the throw at home plate as RC freshman Payton Emore approaches. (Ronnie Coffey photo)
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 12:00am
In the first area rivalry showdown this season, the Rockbridge County High School softball team earned a 13-7 road win over Parry McCluer Friday.
Scoring several runs early and racking up 16 hits,...
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 12:00am
On a rainy Friday, members of the Washington and Lee School of Law’s class of 2021 (above) process to their socially distanced seats at Wilson Field for their graduation ceremony. The graduation was...
NURSE PRACTIONER Mary Winston administers a COVID-19 vaccine to John Wilcher at the Augusta Health’s community clinic at the Natural Bridge firehouse last month. (Carolyn Bradley photo)
Wed, 05/12/2021 - 12:00am
Most of the news on the COVID-19 front is good these days. The number of vaccinations is on the rise while the daily number of new cases has slowed significantly. Gov. Ralph Northam last week said...
News
05/12/2021 - 3:06pm
Virginia Tax is reminding taxpayers in Virginia, if you haven’t yet filed your individual income taxes, the filing and payment deadline is just days away. You have until Monday, May 17, 2021, to submit your return.
“This year, the typical May 1...
Sports
05/12/2021 - 3:35pm
Wednesday, May 12 – The Rockbridge County High School softball team cruised to a 12-0 home win over Valley District rival Harrisonburg on Tuesday evening.
The Wildcats (3-1 overall, 2-1 district) had two five-run innings, the second and the fourth...
Arts & Entertainment
05/12/2021 - 12:00am
About 25 area children turned out for a pop-up community art project outside the Rockbridge Regional Library in Lexington Saturday. The children, under the supervision of children’s program specialist Wendy Redfern (seen in the photo at far right),...
Obituaries
05/12/2021 - 12:00am
Howard Robert “Bob” Drake, 58, of Buena Vista, passed away May 6, 2021, doing what he loved, fishing on the Maury River.
Born July 20, 1962, he was the son of Donald G. Drake and the late Eleanor Imboden Drake.
He was preceded in death by his wife,...
