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But New Eatery Coming

Carolyn Bradley, 258-2720

Harris, Miller, Buswell, RCSO, Community Table Honored

Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA), has announced that the Natural Bridge/Lexington KOA Holiday campground has earned the KOA Founder’s and President’s Awards.

The Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office made the following felony arrests over the past two weeks: James M. Smolinsky, 40, of Farmingham Mass., for two felony counts of assault on law enforcement, one misdemeanor count of public drunkenness and one misdemeanor count of resisting arrest on Nov. 20.

The response to a survey about access to broadband internet service in Rockbridge County has been good but many respondents who have run tests on their internet speeds have only run the tests once – not the three times required for the results to be considered valid.

Chessie Trail Races Draw Record Turnout

Lycoming Edges W&L

RC Boys Have High Hopes For Upcoming Season

Veteran RC Boys Coach Returns To Lead Girls

Jaydyn Clemmer, a 2021 Rockbridge County High School graduate who is a junior libero for the James Madison University volleyball team, recorded her 1,000th career dig and was named to the Sun Belt Conference all-tournament team after JMU’s 3-1 loss to Coastal Carolina in the finals on Sunday evening in Foley, Ala.

Mark and Vanessa Taylor of Lexington won the silver medal in the mixed doubles, 3.0 skill level, 60-plus age division in the Professional Pickleball Association Tournament in Hilton Head Island, S.C., on Oct. 26. The Taylors are members of the Rockbridge Pickleball Club. (photo courtesy of Patti Subrizi)

The Parry McCluer High School basketball season is scheduled to start on Monday, with a varsity doubleheader at home against Altavista. The girls will play at 5:30 p.m., and the boys’ game is scheduled to follow at 7 p.m. Season previews for both teams will be in next Wednesday’s newspaper.

Lexington

Former LHS, VMI, VT Coach To Lead Roanoke College Grid Reboot

The W&L men’s cross country team placed 30th of 32 teams at the NCAA Division III national championship meet, while two W&L women and Southern Virginia University junior Dylan May competed well on Saturday at Big Spring High School in Newville, Pa.

The commonwealth of Virginia’s official Opry, The Virginia Opry, will present “Patsy Meets Elvis at Its Blue Christmas Show” at the Natural Bridge Historic Hotel and Conference Center on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m.

The DeLaney Center at Washington and Lee University will launch its inaugural Race and Southern-ness Symposium next month.

Guest Artists, W&L Students Prepare Dances

The U.S. Department of State and CIEE, the Council on International Educational Exchange recently announced that Sara Topasna of Lexington has been selected for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year.

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