Thousands turned out for the fifth annual Culpeper Rodeo on last Saturday at the Culpeper Agricultural Enterprise, watching bull riders cling on for dear life until a torrential rainstorm cut the main event short. Cody Gilbert, a bull rider from Locust Dale, took the...
Aims to make public this month proposed lease for new library The Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees pledged last Thursday to seek public comment on a proposed lease for a new library at Rush River Commons. The lease could be finalized this month,...
Fans bid farewell at Cooter’s Place in Luray A Dukes of Hazzard revival swept Luray on Saturday, with thousands of cars streaming in for an amplified and tearful farewell to Rappahannock resident Ben “Cooter” Jones, who died Aug. 9 at his Harris Hollow home at 84. Two...
A new LeFay Enchanted Garden was dedicated Saturday at Ingleside Manor Farm in Amissville, marking the third garden established through a grassroots environmental initiative that combines folklore and whimsy with native plant restoration and biodiversity. The LeFay...
Attorney says court ruling left issues unaddressed A Circuit Court judge was asked Monday to reconsider his decision allowing the Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees to withhold draft lease documents and hold closed-door meetings on the potential...
‘I never should have done this’ The Rappahannock County Public Library trustee who removed two yard signs opposing the library’s proposed move apologized last Thursday during a trustee meeting. The trustee, Maureen Harris, 83, claimed, as she did to the Rappahannock...
Judge: ‘I think I’m right, but maybe I’m not’ Chester Brown won a round in court Tuesday when a Rappahannock County Circuit Court judge ruled that DNA evidence gathered during the investigation into the murder of Washington resident Doris Critzer could be...
Before Chester Brown made the decision Aug. 12 to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, his attorney, Paul Fore, filed over 20 motions asking Rappahannock County Circuit Court Judge Robert Smith to grant them on Brown’s behalf. Here’s how the judge ruled:...
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,...
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...
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...
Judge: ‘You’re making a terrible decision’ Chester Brown has yet again fired his attorneys and has chosen to represent himself in his upcoming trial for the murder and strangulation of Doris Critzer three years ago in her Washington home. Brown appeared in...
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