by Tim Carrington | Jun 2, 2026 | Local servcies, Real Estate, Sidebar, Top Story
A sign posted at the Water Street entrance to the Sperryville River Trail delivers a stark message: “Private Property. No Trespassing. Trail Closed.” The closure prompted a somber meeting of the Sperryville Community Alliance, which gathered last week to discuss the...
by Ireland Hayes | Jun 2, 2026 | Agriculture, Sidebar, Top Story
Hay crops down average 50% ‘Everything is dependent on water’ Tom Massie stands on a hilltop near Massies Corner, taking in a portion of his 150 acres of rolling hayfields as a misty rain falls around him, soaking into what was, before this week, bone-dry soil. He...
by Bob Hurley | May 25, 2026 | Agriculture, People, Sidebar, Top Story
She knew nothing about cattle farming. Then she changed it. Monira Rifaat never expected to become a cattle farmer. Trained as a pathologist under the British medical system in Egypt where she was born in 1938, she arrived in the United States in the 1960s, completed...
by Ireland Hayes | May 23, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Nine people appeared in Rappahannock County District Court Tuesday after their March target practice led to a stray bullet narrowly missing a neighbor’s head. On the afternoon of March 21, a call came into the Rappahannock County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) dispatch line...
by Ireland Hayes | May 20, 2026 | Business, People, Sidebar, Top Story
Ordering delivery from a pizza shop is pretty standard practice — unless you live in Rappahannock County, where the convenience has never existed. Now it does. Xpress Mart & Pizza, a convenience store and restaurant on Route 211 near Leeds Manor Road in Warrenton,...
