by Bob Hurley | Aug 17, 2025 | Environment, Local servcies, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Who’s at risk and where? New ways to cope The owners of The Black Twig restaurant in Sperryville know all too well the life-threatening impact of severe flooding. Abigail Gleason was left stranded at her home the evening of May 13 with her two young sons on one side...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 15, 2025 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
After hearing nearly a dozen witnesses lay out the prosecution’s case against Chester Brown in the murder of Washington resident Doris Critzer — including new DNA evidence — a Rappahannock County District Court judge on Tuesday found enough probable cause to send the...
by Ireland Hayes, Julia Shanahan | Aug 15, 2025 | Education, Sidebar
Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) will not renew a contract with a lobbyist to advocate for increased funding in the next legislative session after several unsuccessful runs in the Virginia General Assembly. “It was pretty clear to us that Rappahannock...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 12, 2025 | Education, Sidebar
Rappahannock County Public Schools (RCPS) narrowly avoided a potential funding shortfall this summer when key federal education grants were temporarily frozen before being restored last month. Schools Superintendent Shannon Grimsley said that while no major program...
by Daphne Hutchinson | Aug 10, 2025 | Features, People, Top Story
Mary Katherine Ishee died July 13 on a Sperryville hilltop in the former Hopewell Baptist Church where she swung a hammer, sanded floors and painted walls to transform history into a home. She was surrounded by members of her large and loving family, including many of...
