by Randy Rieland | Jun 13, 2025 | Education, People
He had just finished the seventh grade, but Jorge Alfredo Hernandez Velasco left his mark — he had a smile that could light up a room. You hear that about him over and over when you ask people what they remember about Jorge. He tragically died at his Sperryville home...
by Ireland Hayes | Jun 11, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Chester Brown made his first court appearance via video from prison Tuesday after being charged last week with first-degree murder and strangulation of Doris Critzer, 74, a Washington resident who was found dead in her home in August 2023. Brown, 64, formerly from...
by Sophie McLeod | Jun 8, 2025 | Education
RCHS ‘will always be a part of who we are’ Rappahannock County High School held its commencement ceremony May 30, a rainy Friday evening that didn’t dampen the high spirits in the school gymnasium, where 56 seniors received their diplomas and proud families and...
by Randy Rieland | Jun 6, 2025 | Features, Food Pantry, Local servcies, Top Story
There are any number of reasons Georgina Griffith-Yates is the new executive director of the Rappahannock Food Pantry, but let’s start with her dogs. As she tells it, two of the five rescue dogs she shares with her spouse, Ash Yates, are runners. As in, if they’re off...
by Tim Carrington | Jun 6, 2025 | County, Local Government
County’s restaurant owners elated In an unanticipated turnaround Monday, the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors voted down a proposal to raise the county meals and lodging tax from 4% to 6%. The 3-to-2 vote to keep the current rate drew the county’s divisive...
