Fairfield News

It was a tale of two towers at the Rockbridge County Planning Commission meeting last week.

Leaders break ground on a project that will affect everyone who drives up I-81. This marks the start of construction for a new truck climbing lane in Rockbridge County from just north of Lexington to two miles north of Fairfield.

You gotta mix water in the coffee at the Pilot truck stop in Greenville, otherwise you'll get the jitters.

The sheriff of Rockbridge County faces a charge of misdemeanor assault and battery after an Oct.

Dot closed 19 rest stops back in July to help offset a $2.5 billion shortfall. Critics feared the ones that remained open would be overwhelmed.

GREENVILLE - Alice Virginia Thorne Butler, 81, of Greenville was called home Wednesday, Sept.

BLACKSBURG, Va., Sept. 18, 2009 - " Michael Clements of Fairfield, Va., graduated from the 2009 Governor's School of Agriculture held at Virginia Tech on June 28 to July 25.

GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Navy Reserve Seaman Recruit Cassandra L. Benton , daughter of Tina M. Disilvestri of Fairfield, Va., completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command.

FAIRFIELD The chunk of wood is spinning on the lathe at 1,200 rpm. As Dennis DiVito stands stoic, curled shreds of black walnut surrender to his chisel.

The five-foot deep crater has been filled, topsoil and grass seed added and straw shaken out over top to help heal the gash in the farm field near Steeles Tavern where a small plane dove into the earth on a rainy Sunday morning over one week ago.

Josh Smith of Fairfield, VA, gathers himself after falling off his horse during the bareback bronc riding event at the Lucketts Rodeo on Chapel Hill farm in Lucketts, VA on Saturday, July 11, 2009.

The following students enrolled at Virginia Tech were named to the dean's list for the spring 2009 semester.

An armed robber held up the lone female clerk at the Fairfield Stop-In at gun point around 11:45 p.m. Sunday night, stealing approximately $100 in cash and seven cartons of cigarettes.

June 29, 2009 Authorities looking for armed robbery suspect in Rockbridge County The Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery.

Buster Lewis greets Walker's Creek residents at Rockbridge Middle School on Thursday, June 18th as he announces his campaign for reelection to the Board of Supervisors.

RICHMOND - A Commonwealth Transportation Board vote has officially pared $538 million from the state highway system's six-year spending plan.

A. W. "Buster" Lewis is announcing his candidacy for reelection to the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors from the Walkers Creek District at the Rockbridge Middle School, Sterrett Road, Fairfield Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 5:00 pm.

Cake walk to help family with funeral expenses: A cake walk to benefit the family of Ricky Fitzgerald is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday at Buena Vista Fire Department.

Seamstress Marge Hulse of Stuarts Draft sews tents at Base-X, a Fairfield company that manufactures tents and shelters for military, industrial and domestic applications.

VDOT says a series of crashes have traffic backed up on Interstate 81 southbound, near the Rockbridge County and Augusta County line.