by Bob Hurley | Apr 1, 2025 | doers, Features, Fire/Rescue, People
Background: Assistant chief, Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue (AVFR); part-time EMT medic, Rappahannock advanced life support program; longtime president and coach, Rappahannock Athletic Association/Rappahannock Culpeper Baseball (RAA/RCB), Amissville; former...
by Ireland Hayes | Mar 31, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Broken tail lights led to a high-speed chase — and a jail sentence — for a Broadway, Va. man who led officers across three counties, traveling at speeds up to 115 mph in January. Blake Custer, 25, entered into a plea agreement last Thursday, pleading guilty to...
by Ireland Hayes | Mar 31, 2025 | Crime and Courts
A Rappahannock County Circuit Court judge sentenced a Luray man to six months in jail last Thursday for violating probation 48 times following his conviction in a robbery at Sperryville resident Bill Fletcher’s property in 2020. Terry Dovel, 25, pleaded guilty to...
by Ireland Hayes | Mar 22, 2025 | Local Government, Politics, Town
The Inn at Little Washington has submitted a draft proposal for an in-ground swimming pool behind its Parsonage guesthouse on Main Street. The application will be considered at the town Planning Commission’s meeting March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 485 Gay St....
by Randy Rieland | Mar 19, 2025 | Features, Local servcies, People, Top Story
Growing old and alone in Rappahannock County Nancy Studds is 79 and lives by herself in her Sperryville home. And that gives her pause. “If you fall and you can’t get up,” she said, “you know nobody’s checking on you.” She zeroed in on a common fear among seniors...
