by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Dec 2, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Health, Local Services, Politics
Jeffery Dwyer, 61, a Warrenton man who pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of one of his nephews who came forward with allegations dating back to the 1980s — when he was a child and Dwyer was 20 in Rappahannock — was sentenced to serve 2.5 years of a 20-year sentence in...
by Randy Rieland | Nov 26, 2024 | Agriculture, Art, Broadband, Business, Education, Health, Local Services, Politics
Rappahannock students opt for ‘hands on’ careers It wasn’t that long ago, remembers Dani Pond, when conventional wisdom had it that if you wanted a good career, you better have a degree from a four-year college. “It didn’t matter what degree,” said Pond, supervisor of...
by Ireland Hayes | Nov 20, 2024 | Crime and Courts, Fire/Rescue, Health, Local Services, People, Politics
Arrested again for traffic violations James “Bill” Fletcher III pleaded not guilty last Tuesday to speeding and DWI charges stemming from a June arrest, but his trial was postponed until February after a key witness was unable to appear. On Nov. 7, Fletcher was also...
by Julia Shanahan | Nov 18, 2024 | Art, Business, Crime and Courts, People, Politics
Nearly 80% of Rapp voters cast ballots Political divisiveness seen on the national level did not seem to make its way to Rappahannock County on Election Day as voters across the county turned out in large numbers to cast their ballots. “We might not agree politically,...
by Ayana Summerlinrosa | Nov 17, 2024 | Education, Features, Pathfinders, People
Retired teacher Jane Pollard, now 78, grew up in the Slate Mills area of Rappahannock County in a close-knit Black community that thrived on unity and self-reliance despite the harsh realities of segregation and the arrival of integration in the 1950s and ‘60s. She...
