Rockbridge County News Archives

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.

Even as its fall campaign is rolling into high gear - " at nearly $125,000 as of Friday -- 50% toward its goal of $250,000 and $2,000 ahead of last year's pace -- the United Way of Lexington-Rockbridge County continues to explore ways to serve the community on a wider scale.

Preschool students from the Wood's Creek Montessori school gather with their brushes at Hopkins Green for a group portrait after taking part in the Lexington Plein Air Paint Out on Saturday, October 10th.

LEXINGTON - The School of Law at Washington and Lee University has launched a new legal clinic focusing on misdemeanor criminal defense.

The Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery at the Stop In Food Store on West Midland Trail in Lexington.

On October 14, 2009, at 3:30 AM, the Rockbridge County Sheriffa s Office responded to a report of a second Armed Robbery at the Stop In Food Store located at 257 West Midland Trail, Lexington.

A VMI cadet has made a plea deal with Rockbridge County prosecutors to avoid a sexual assault trial.

The Rockbridge County Public Service Authority will meet on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 5 p.m. at the County Administrative Offices, Lexington, Va, second floor extention office with the following items on its agenda: 1. Call to order 2. Minutes of September 15, 2009, postponed regular meeting 3. Bills for October 4. Monthly and Quarterly ...

It had been a long, demanding week for Bob McDonnell, and 20 hours of campaigning on a warm September day afforded him no rest.

Debi Ratliff, long-time assistant manager at the Goshen Branch Library was promoted to co-manager of the Branch at the September 15 meeting of the Library Board of Trustees.

WAYNESBORO - Waynesboro completed the first rotation through its Southern Valley District schedule Tuesday night with a 25-18, 25-21, 25-22 sweep over the Rockbridge County Wildcats.

The idea of a public water line loop around Lexington may be moving closer to becoming a reality.

Rockbridge County, Virginia, a microcosm of ante bellum Virginia and touches upon why this Union loving people in the most critical border state abandoned hope of compromise and cast their lot with the South.

Delegate Ben Cline today joined concerned citizens from Rockbridge County to call on Governor Tim Kaine to reverse his decision to close the Natural Bridge Juvenile Correctional Center .

Phyllis Parker is used to teaching World History at Rockbridge County High School, but this summer she made history across the world.

Two hundred years ago, in a log house on a large farm on the northern border of Rockbridge County, the first son of Robert and Mary Ann McCormick was born.