Rockbridge County News

Republican Del. Ben Cline turned back a challenge from Madison Heights Democrat Jeff Price on Tuesday, winning his fifth term to represent a district that includes most of Amherst County.

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.

Another shipment of H1N1 vaccine has arrived in the local health district, and more is on the way.

Del. Ben Cline and RMS eighth-grader Taylor Allen, representing School Board write-in candidate Sarah Jane Deacon, speak at last week's political forum.

Rockbridge County school children will not be taking field trips within a month of taking their Standards of Learning tests.

Quietly, with little fanfare, carried in coolers like the makings of a summer picnic, the H1N1 influenza vaccine arrived at Lexington City Public Schools yesterday morning.

I n the 24th District, our choice for the House seat is incumbent Ben Cline, a Republican from Rockbridge County.

LEXINGTON - With noisy trucks passing north and south on average every 10 seconds, local and state officials joined the Virginia Department of Transportation in a ground-breaking ceremony Monday on a hill overlooking Interstate 81 to tout a $74.2 million project to add a truck-climbing lane.

STAUNTON a ' A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Oct. 26 to mark the beginning of construction on the Interstate 81 truck climbing lane project in Rockbridge County.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday as construction gets underway on a new truck-climbing lane in Rockbridge County.

Scary moments Sunday for a couple boaters, after their boat capsized on the James River in Rockbridge County, leaving them stranded them on a rock.

Emergency crews are trying to rescue two people stuck on a rock in the James River in Rockbridge County.

The H1N1 swine flu is officially "widespread" in the country and in Virginia, according Dr.

Rockbridge County Sheriff's Department Sergeant Scott Bedell was awarded a Sons of the American Revolution Law Enforcement Medal from Col.

The Rockbridge County Fair will be held at the Virginia Horse Center again next year according to Executive Director Katherine Truitt.

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

By Roberta Anderson Rockbridge County Sheriff R.W. Day was charged on Tuesday with misdemeanor assault and battery based on a complaint made by Robert Foresman, emergency management coordinator for Rockbridge County.

Investigators for the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office believe the same person is responsible for a second armed robbery at the Stop In Food Store on U.S. 60 just west of Lexington.

The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors is considering making a contribution to the county fair to offset expenses associated with 4-H activities.

Rockbridge County Sheriff Robert Day was served with an assault and battery warrant Tuesday in connection with an incident at the County Administration Building on Wednesday, October 14.