Arts & Entertainment

Sixteen local aspiring entrepreneurs have now been accepted into the Walker Program, a new community initiative designed to recruit, train, fund, and support new businesses owned by people of color in the Rockbridge area.

Toni Locy, a professor of journalism at Washington and Lee University, is interviewed in m u l t i p l e episodes of Netflix’s new docuseries “Trial 4.” The se ries follows the story of the court trials and conviction of Sean Ellis, who was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Boston police detective John Mulligan in 1993. He was sentenced to a life sentence and served more than 21 years in prison before a new attorney, Rosemary Scapicchio, took up his case, revealing corruption within the police department that investigated the case.

Samuel’s Supper, a non-profit organization that provides short-term financial support to families who have a child in medical crisis, is starting its third annual fundraising campaign.