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The Goshen community center effort is not the only local project that will be benefiting from the recently passed 2023 federal spending bill.

Word has been received of the death last week of William D. “Bill” McHenry, who was the director of athletics and chairman of the department of physical education at Washington and Lee University from 1971 to 1989. He was living in South Carolina.

A cure was not possible, so God called you home. We love & miss you everyday. Loved and missed by your mom, Doris Ann & Joe, your brother Edward, Aunt Joyce, Uncle Stevie & Pattie, Uncle Jimmy & Carmen, Uncle Billy Wayne & Linda, Uncle Freddie & Dianne plus lots of cousins.

Crump Speech Highlights MLK Week Activities

Sunday evening’s wintry weather created perilous road conditions for several hours in the Rockbridge area and led to three accidents on westbound Interstate 64 between the Kerrs Creek and Goshen exits.

JMU Students Offer Stats, Suggestions

PM Girls Dominate RC In Rivalry Rematch

Senior Brandon Mays scored a career-high 31 points, sinking six 3-pointers, to lead the Rockbridge County High School boys basketball team to an 82-62 home win over Harrisonburg in a Valley District opener on Friday night in Lexington.

PM Girls Go Cold In Middle Two Quarters

The Parry McCluer High School boys basketball team won a pair of Pioneer District home games last week, overcoming Highland County 52-46 last Tuesday before cruising to a 56-19 win over Eastern Montgomery on Friday. The Fighting Blues improved to 3-1 in the district before falling to 6-6 overall after their 59-52 home loss to Rockbridge County on Saturday.

The Rockbridge County High School girls basketball team suffered a trio of road losses last week, falling 64-34 at Salem last Tuesday, coming up short 39-33 in the Valley District opener on Friday at Harrisonburg and losing their 10th straight game, 47-24, at Parry McCluer on Saturday, to fall to 1-11.

Kicking off the new year, the Rockbridge County and Parry McCluer high school indoor track and field teams performed well at the East Coast Elite Meet on Saturday at Virginia Military Institute’s Corps Physical Training Facility in Lexington.