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Christmas Parade Season Starts

Christmas Parade Season Starts

The Christmas parade season got underway over the weekend in the Rockbridge area. Because of the way the calendar fell this year, it was Lexington, not Buena Vista as usual, that hosted the first parade of December. Lexington’s parade, sponsored by Main Street Lexington, took place in rainy conditions, but that didn’t stop a large crowd from turning out for the event Friday night. The weather had cleared by Saturday afternoon when the Glasgow parade, sponsored by the Glasgow Lifesaving and First Aid Crew, rolled through the streets of the town. These photos are from those two parades. Check out next week’s paper for photos from the Buena Vista parade coming up Thursday night, the Fairfield parade on Friday night and the Goshen parade on Saturday. (photos by Joann Ware and Carolyn Bradley) 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Watkins Gets 20-plus Years For Murder

Watkins Gets 20-plus Years For Murder

Katrina Dudley Shot In Rockbridge In 2021 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Christmas Present For A Church

Christmas Present For A Church

High above the ground, workers on Monday begin repairs on the roof of Randolph Street United Methodist Church, which was damaged in a severe windstorm last July. Pastor Reginald Early said that donations from individuals and other local churches supplemented the church’s insurance to pay for the repairs, which are expected to be completed today. The church dates from 1864. (Anneliese Schneider photo) 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Heliport Site OK’d For Dominion Project

Heliport Site OK’d For Dominion Project

A helicopter is to be used to transport components for power transmission line towers that are to be erected alongside U.S. 501 between the Balcony Falls substation at Glasgow and Amherst County. The new towers are to replace existing ones that are nearly 100 years old as part of a modernization project of the utility infrastructure. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Cadets Studying At-Risk Students

Cadets Studying At-Risk Students

New Course Offered At VMI 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Kornegay To Lead Rockbridge Recovery

Kornegay To Lead Rockbridge Recovery

Dr. Laura Kornegay has been selected to be the executive director of Rockbridge Recovery, an organization that provides services for individuals recovering from addiction. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Christmas Parade Time

Christmas Parade Time

The Lylburn Downing Middle School band marches in the Lexington Christmas parade Friday night, the first local parade of the season. Buena Vista’s parade is this Thursday night, while parades step off in Fairfield on Friday night and in Goshen on Saturday. For more photos from the Lexington parade and the Glasgow parade this past Saturday, see page B1. (Joann Ware photo) 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Monitoring Continues At Fire Site

Monitoring Continues At Fire Site

By Anneliese Schneider Over a week after the Matts Creek Fire was fully contained, restoration and monitoring work continues in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

‘Kiss Number 8’

‘Kiss Number 8’

Hearing the controversy over this book I decided to learn what all the hubbub was about. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Community Rallies Behind Firefighters

Community Rallies Behind Firefighters

The Rockbridge area has long been known as being one of those communities who come together for each other and for those in need of support. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Out Of The Past

Out Of The Past

12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Cline Vote Against Expulsion Criticized

Cline Vote Against Expulsion Criticized

Cline Vote Against Expulsion Criticized 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

SCOTTIE HALEY

Martha Scott Haley left this world at age 99 on Dec. 1, 2023, in Gainesville, Ga. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

ISAAC AUSTIN

N-G Isaac “Ike” Austin, age 86, of Buena Vista went to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

SYLVIA RATCLIFFE

SYLVIA RATCLIFFE

Sylvia Pauley Ratcliffe, 87, of Buena Vista, peacefully stepped away from this life and into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

BOBBY STATON

Bobby Howard Staton, 88, of Fairfield passed away Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

TOM FAULKNER JR.

TOM FAULKNER JR.

Tom Faulkner Jr., 81, of Goodyear, Ariz., formerly of Lexington, passed away peacefully on Nov. 22, 2023, at Hospice Sherman Home in Phoenix, Ariz., due to vascular complications. 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

PM Girls Win Opener

PM Girls Win Opener

Defense Fuels Blues To 40-Point Rout Of Altavista 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

PM Boys Go 1-2 In First Week

PM Boys Go 1-2 In First Week

Blues Split Home Games, Fall At Wilson 12/05/2023 11:00 PM

Tom Faulkner Jr., 81, of Goodyear, Ariz., died Nov. 22

Tom Faulkner Jr., 81, of Goodyear, Ariz., died Nov. 22

12/05/2023 09:00 AM

Martha Scott Haley, 99, of Gainesville, Ga., died Dec. 1

Martha Scott Haley, 99, of Gainesville, Ga., died Dec. 1

12/04/2023 03:18 PM

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