by Ireland Hayes | Aug 27, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Chief deputy sheriff retires after 30 years…sort of After nearly three decades wearing a Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office badge — from his early days as a jailer to chief deputy — Maj. Roger Jenkins has closed that chapter of his life and retired. Well, for the...
by Bob Hurley | Aug 19, 2025 | Features, People, Top Story
Several Rappahannock County groups pulled out all the stops for “Bonkers Night,” a special dinner event on Aug. 5 for some 75 kids at the 42nd annual gathering of Camp Fantastic. The weeklong sleepaway camp, held at the 4-H Center in Front Royal, hosts kids ages...
by Tim Carrington | Aug 18, 2025 | People, Sidebar, Top Story
Former FBI, CIA director and Rappahannock resident dies at 101 Judge William H. Webster, former director of the FBI and the CIA died last Friday at 101, and friends, policy analysts and national media began an extended reflection on his person and record in...
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 Bob Hurley | Aug 16, 2025 | Environment, Local servcies, People, Sidebar
Abigail and Dan Gleason, owners of The Black Twig restaurant in Sperryville, and their two young sons found themselves in the thick of a flooding nightmare in mid-May. “I returned to our home in Nethers about 6 p.m. on May 13 with our two boys,” Abigail said. “The...
