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Turner scores 5 times in Chargers route over Rockets
NEW CASTLE – Andrew Turner could not be stopped. The senior erupted for five goals in Bath County’s (3-5) 12-0 blowout victory over Craig County in a varsity boys Pioneer District soccer match on Friday, April 19th in New Castle. It was on March 22nd that the Chargers boys’ soccer team had last won […] The post Turner scores 5 times in Chargers route over Rockets appeared first on The Virginian Review.
Chargers shut out 4-0
PEARISBURG – On the road for the fourth time in their last six games Bath County dropped their fourth straight following a 4-0 loss to Giles in a non-district varsity girls soccer match in Pearisburg. The Spartans out of the Mountain Empire district scored a pair of goals in both the first and second […] The post Chargers shut out 4-0 appeared first on The Virginian Review.
D.M. Conner seeks quarry expansion: THE AGENDA
VERONA – Sharon G. Conner, agent for D.M. Conner, is returning to the Augusta County Board of Zoning Appeals to expand the existing mining operation at 245 Oak Lane in Stuarts Draft. D.M. Conner was at the center of a recently withdrawn quarry setback increase ordinance in Augusta County....
VR Bath County Diamond Player of the Week: Trinity Forbes
HOT SPRINGS- Trinity Forbes has won the Virginian Review Bath Co. Diamond player of the week for the week of April 22-27. Forbes came up with some big hits last week and finished with seven of them. She also had 3 RBIs to cap her stellar performance. The post VR Bath County Diamond Player of the Week: Trinity Forbes appeared first on The Virginian Review.
Chargers pick up first Tennis win
HOT SPRINGS – The weather had not been on the reigning Pioneer District Tennis champions side to start this spring sports season. After over a month of rain outs and game suspensions, Bath County had finally gotten out on the tennis court on Thursday, April 11th and fell to Buffalo Gap 6-3. The […] The post Chargers pick up first Tennis win appeared first on The Virginian Review.
Augusta County: VDOT to hold information meeting on safety improvements to Route 11
The Virginia Department of Transportation will hold a Citizen Information Meeting concerning proposed improvements to the Route 11 (Lee-Jackson Highway) corridor in Augusta County. The open-house meeting will be held Wednesday, May 15, 2024, between 4 and 6 p.m. in the Dairy Barn Lecture Hall at the Frontier Culture Museum,...
The most recent tornado in our area
FISHERSVILLE, Va. (WHSV) - It’s been two years now since a tornado touched down in Augusta County, traveling from Fishersville to Waynesboro. Although it was only on the ground for eleven minutes, it was rated an EF-1 with winds of 90 MPH, and it caused destruction for several miles.
Shakespeare Center and local libraries team up to provide free shows to residents
STAUNTON – Would you like to see a show at the American Shakespeare Center, but you’re short on extra cash? A new library program might be able to help. Residents with a Valley Libraries card in good standing will be able to check out a pass for two free seats for two shows at the American Shakespeare Center each season.
Augusta Fire-Rescue recruiting, model train show returns: THE DIGEST
Lyra Bordelon (she/her) is the public transparency and justice reporter at The News Leader. Do you have a story tip or feedback? It’s welcome through email to lbordelon@gannett.com. Subscribe to us at newsleader.com. Shenandoah Valley Model Train and Railroading Show returns FISHERSVILLE – The Augusta County Railroad Museum will host the annual Model Train and Railroading Show on...
What The Fluff: Former shelter director shifts focus from rescuing pets to grooming them
Former Shenandoah Valley Animals Services Center executive director Hannah Richardson has found a new passion: grooming cats and dogs. Richardson, 30, of Grottoes, has teamed up with Mine Branch Dog Ranch in Crimora to share space for her new business: What The Fluff. “I knew I wanted to work with...
Some high-poverty counties are told they can better pay for their own schools than the richest county in the country
Virginia's school funding formula doesn't take poverty into account, so high-growth but high-poverty rural counties get penalized. The post Some high-poverty counties are told they can better pay for their own schools than the richest county in the country appeared first on Cardinal News.
Augusta County road rage case certified to grand jury
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (ROCKTOWN NOW) – The case of the Stuarts Draft man charged with several felonies following a road rage incident last year is moving on in the courts. Online records show that eight counts against Ma’Aquil Ni’mill Littlejohn were certified to the grand jury during a hearing yesterday Augusta County General District Court.
One man's crusade to change the way convicted criminals think
Robert Hale is a pastor at the People’s Baptist Church in Craigsville – home to the Augusta Correctional Center. His wife, son and daughter all work for the Virginia Department of Corrections, and he’s fundamentally on board with the concept of prisons. “When you get in trouble,...
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