by Ireland Hayes | Aug 28, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
A Flint Hill contractor accused of taking more than $450,000 from a Woodville couple for a home renovation he never finished accepted a plea deal last Tuesday, agreeing to pay $250,000 in restitution. Edward “Eddie” Fletcher Jr., owner of E. Fletcher Construction,...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 27, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
A Washington woman was sentenced last Thursday to five years in jail after pleading guilty to her sixth DWI, a charge stemming from a March crash near Amissville. With three years and 10 months of her sentence suspended in a plea deal, her jail time was reduced to 14...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 26, 2026 | Sidebar
Maureen Harris, a member of the Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees, acknowledged in a statement Monday that she removed two signs in the Woodville area opposing the library’s potential relocation. She said she felt they posed a safety hazard on the...
by Tim Carrington | Aug 24, 2026 | Features, People, Top Story
Actor, director, lawyer, diplomat, storyteller takes final bow Multiple lives came to rest on Aug. 2 when Peter Hornbostel died two months short of his 90th birthday. The much-admired actor and director of Rappahannock plays was also a diplomat, a writer and teller...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 19, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Local servcies, Sidebar
A judge on Monday gave the Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees 10 days to turn over to him lease documents relating to a potential move of the library to Rush River Commons in the Town of Washington. The documents are being sought in a lawsuit...
