Lexington News

This May 16, 2006 file photo shows Amber Blain waving to friends and family as she makes her way to the stage to get her diploma during graduation ceremonies at Virginia Military Institute, Tuesday, May 16, 2006, in Lexington, Va.

Important City of Lexington traffic information for Friday and Saturday, November 20-21. Friday and Saturday November 20-21 traffic will be extremely heavy in the City of Lexington.

Lt. Gen. John W. Knapp has been appointed the Floyd D. Gottwald, Jr. '43 Visiting Professor in Leadership and Ethics at Virginia Military Institute.

Let us suggest a nice beginning to your Saturday, December 19th this year: come to the Virginia Horse Center and work with the many volunteers on the Rockbridge Area Christmas Basket Program.

The Lexington Christmas Parade theme this year is a oeSights and Sounds of the Seasona and will take place on Saturday, December 5, at 5:30 pm.

John Mormon, owner of Celtic Tides in Lexington, will be the guest speaker at the Rockbridge Genealogy Society monthly meeting on Thursday, November 12 in the Piovano Room of the Rockbridge Regional Library at 7:00 p.m. Mormon will be talking about Celtic Heritage.

Participants are requested to assemble at the Main Street entrance of the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery beginning at 5:15 pm, where holiday song sheets and candles will be distributed.

A special holiday Lexington Farmers Market has been scheduled on Wednesday, November 25th.

A W. Midland Trail Stop-In store video on October 14, 2009 shows a robbery suspect entering the store early in the morning.

LEXINGTON, Va., Nov. 11, 2009 a ' The portion of Woods Creek Trail from Jordana TMs Point to the property line between Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute will be closed Nov.

Authorities closed a section of highway in Rockbridge County for more than nine hours because of a chemical leak.

The Mount St. Joseph High School community was in shock Monday after learning that a 2009 graduate of the Irvington campus died Saturday following a 10-mile road march at the Virginia Military Institute.

A 15-year-old boy who was shot while hunting has died. Victor D. Clark was shot and fatally wounded while hunting with Codee Mchale Clark on Saturday, just before 5 p.m. Buena Vista Police Department reports officers from their location as well as Buena Vista Fire Department and Buena Vista Rescue Squad responded to the call.

A VMI cadet has passed away following a training event. John Alexander Evans, who was 19 and from Maryland, collapsed in his Barracks room after completing a 10-mile march.

There is a Public Forum scheduled for Wednesday, November 18 at 7pm to discuss parking in Downtown Lexington.

A member of the City of Lexington Ministerial Association: The Reverend William M. Klein - A member of the Bar of Rockbridge County/City of Lexington: Donald Jackson Ellis, Esq.

The historic campus of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., has offered instruction in journalism for well over a century a ' but probably never quite like this.

WSLS Channel 10 will be broadcasting live from Downtown Lexington on Wednesday, November 18.

A Buena Vista man who strayed over the center line on his moped was flung onto the hood of an oncoming vehicle on Jacktown Road shortly before noon on Wednesday.

The new, reburbished, "Welcome to Lexington" sign was landscaped recently by the Master Gardeners.