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 Ireland Hayes | Jun 5, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Chester Brown, identified by law enforcement as a “person of interest” early on in the investigation of the murder of Washington resident Doris Critzer, has been charged with her murder almost two years later. Brown, 64, a former Washington resident, has been...
by Bob Hurley | Jun 3, 2025 | doers, People
Background Claire — Retired communications and outreach specialist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and later the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; board member, Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) and co-chair, RAAC Fall Art Tour; board...
by Ireland Hayes | May 23, 2025 | Crime and Courts
Sperryville resident James Wayne Sisk was sentenced last Friday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to three felony and two misdemeanor assault, drug and gun charges tied to a fight over a car repair bill last January. Sisk pleaded guilty to possession of a...
by Ireland Hayes | May 19, 2025 | Local Government, Town
Speed limits in town reduced this weekend The Town Council meeting Monday night included three other developments: the unveiling of plans for Rush River Commons phase two, approval of a special-use permit for White Moose Inn for two additional rooms and an...
