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Wow, what a storm that rolled into town on Friday afternoon! Wind, rain and hail, downed trees, or tree limbs, moved outbuildings and even the porta-john at the Farmers Market moved about 4 feet. Most of the damage was located on Kanawha and Virginia streets and down towards the river. I only heard of one household being without power for awhile, which is amazing. I didn’t hear of any injuries due to the downed trees. The Randy Smith home on Virginia Street had a tree fall on part of his place. Members of the fire department went door to door checking on folks.

On Thursday, June 15, children at St. Patrick Catholic Church’s vacation Bible achool, “Stellar,” welcomed two visitors, Luna, a Fainting Goat, and Blueberry Cream, a LaMancha goat, courtesy of parishioners Val Lund and Fritz Fleming. They were the week’s surprise “God Sightings,” illustrating that all creatures, great and small, reflect the goodness and the light of the Lord. (Kathleen Nowacki-Correia photo)

A huge crowd turned out for the annual Raphine Volunteer Fire Department’s parade Friday evening. The parade featured lots of fire and rescue vehicles, floats representing local churches, other vehicles of all ages and descriptions, horses, politicians, a majorette and drum unit – and even puppies. (Mary Woodson photos)

Couple Proposes Short-term Rental In House

Kling Elementary School and Enderly Heights Elementary School will both receive $5,000 through the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries.

RHS Class Of 1983

For Memorial Day

Fourteen retiring employees were acknowledged at this month’s Rockbridge County School Board meeting.

ARPA Purchases Approved

Fundraiser Includes Bands, Guest Speakers, Cruise-in

Second Annual Event Saturday

The weather was perfect and the crowds were large for the annual Raphine Volunteer Fire Department’s annual carnival last week. There were plenty of rides, games, music and food, including barbecue chicken dinners on Friday and Saturday evenings. Helping to serve the chicken dinners was (in photo at bottom right, in foreground) Gertrude Shull. Among those playing the dime toss game (in photo at bottom left) was Kayden Ruley. (Mary Woodson photos)

Woman’s Cells Led To Medical Breakthroughs

What the National Weather Service describes as a straight-line wind event toppled several large trees and blew over an outbuilding in Glasgow during the storm that went through the Rockbridge area Friday afternoon. One tree, pictured above, fell partially on a house on Virginia Street. The storm also brought hail to Glasgow and other parts of the area, as seen in the photo at left. (Carolyn Bradley photos)

The Lexington City Council unanimously appointed Dr. Sandra Hayslette to fill an open seat on the Lexington School Board at its meeting last Thursday.

The Hope House, a proposed transitional sober living recovery home for men in Buena Vista, was among the dozens of projects approved for funding from the Virginia Opioid Abatement Authority in the first round of cooperative partnership grant awards last week.

Born and raised in Tennessee, Phil Robinette has started serving as Glasgow’s newest town manager.

Only one of three members of the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors up for reelection this year has a challenger. And, there is a crowded field of candidates for Buena Vista City Council, with seven contenders for three seats.

Patterson Gets Life Sentence For Murder Of His Father

The political crisis caused by the death of “Lord Protector” of England Oliver Cromwell in 1658 led to Parliament inviting Charles II, then in exile across the Channel, to return as the sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

The folks who live in Brownsburg are passionate about preserving the village’s rural and historical character. That would be an easy conclusion to draw for anyone who attended or viewed online the past two meetings of the Rockbridge County Planning Commission in which a rezoning request for a Brownsburg property was considered.