Wed, 10/05/2022 - 12:00am
The Parry McCluer High School volleyball team won a pair of Pioneer District matches last week, earning a 3-1 home win over Bath County last Tuesday before capturing a 3-0 road win over Craig County...
RC JUNIOR hitter Sophie Vaught leaps to spike the ball over the net as teammate McKenzie Burch watches. Vaught had nine kills and six digs. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photo)
Wed, 10/05/2022 - 12:00am
Coming off a challenging week, the Rockbridge County High School volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 home win over Staunton on Monday of last week in Lexington.
With the 25-9, 25-12, 25-8 victory in...
LT. COL. CATHERINE INGERSOLL poses with a photograph of the two 16th century stained-glass panels for which she confirmed the identity of the artist, patron, and original location for the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Penn. (VMI photo by Marianne Hause)
Wed, 10/05/2022 - 12:00am
Editor’s note: The following story was written by Marianne Hause, media relations specialist with VMI Communications and Marketing.
Famous artwork has gone missing in the past, like “Poppy Flowers”...
THE ROCKBRIDGE REGIONAL Library board of trustees listens to comments from Ann Hopkins during the board’s meeting on Sept. 29 at First Baptist Church in Lexington. Hopkins called for the board and citizens to work together “with goodwill and honor and tenacity” to find a solution to the Goshen Library issue. (Claudia Schwab photo)
Wed, 10/05/2022 - 12:00am
Advocates for the Goshen Library addressed the Rockbridge Regional Library board of trustees at the board’s meeting last Thursday.
Prior to hearing from the public, Rockbridge Regional Library...
AT LEFT, Antonio Ahanj, VMI class of ’24, rides a horse on the beach of Tangier, Morocco, during his stay there this past summer through the Critical Language Scholarship program funded by the U.S. State Department. ABOVE, Ahanj and fellow scholars of the Critical Language Scholarship program visit the port of Tangier in Morocco. (photos courtesy of Antonio Ahanj )
Wed, 10/05/2022 - 12:00am
Editor’s note: The following story was written by Marianne Hause, media relations specialist for VMI Communications and Marketing.
Antonio Ahanj ’24, an international studies major at Virginia...
News
10/05/2022 - 3:49pm
3:45 - Traffic due to the tractor trailer crash at mile marker 195.6 southbound on I-81 has cleared up significantly. However, motorists can expect potential delays in the area from 10/05/22 at 2:50 PM until 10/06/22 at 4:00 AM due to roadside...
Sports
MADISON COUNTY quarterback Wade Fox runs the ball down along the sideline as PM senior linebacker Cody Thomas dives to try to stop him. Fox passed for 102 yards and two touchdowns and scored a TD on a 75-yard kickoff return. Thomas made three tackles. (Stephanie Mikels Blevins photo)
10/05/2022 - 12:00am
Following its first win of the season on Sept. 16 and then a bye week, the Parry McCluer High School football team looked to build on its success at Madison County on Thursday, but the Fighting Blues came up short 28-21.
The win was the fourth in a...
Arts & Entertainment
10/05/2022 - 12:00am
vents Wednesday, Oct. 5 1 to 5 p.m. – “Boosters and Bingo” event,
flu and Covid vaccine boosters available, bingo starts every half hour, Maury River Senior Services, Buena Vista. 7 p.m. – Master Gardener informational Zoom session, “Are You...
Obituaries
10/06/2022 - 12:05pm
Dolores Brister Bausum, who died in Beloit, Wisconsin, on Oct. 3, 2022, at age 94, liked to say that she was born with gasoline in her veins.
That circumstance fueled a full measure of accomplishment and plenty of travel.
She was born in...
