The Historic Christ Church & Museum in Weems is serving as a drop off site for non-perishable food donations to the Healthy Harvest Food Bank. According to the Rappahannock Record the community is invited to take part in the annual food drive by bringing canned goods and other non-perishables to 420 Christ Church Road from … Read more
The Westmoreland Players performances of “Sanders Family Christmas”, the sequel to Connie Ray and Alan Bailey’s bluegrass gospel musical “Smoke on the Mountain” will wrap up this coming Sunday.. It’s December 24, 1941, and America is going to war. So is Dennis Sanders, of the Sanders Family Singers. Join Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe and the rest … Read more
Get ready to welcome Santa to Lancaster County this Friday starting at 7:00 p.m. He will start in Lively and head to Kilmarnock then Irvington followed by White Stone. Your family can sit in the car or stand outside while Santa passes by with local Fire, Police and EMS personnel. Santa will not be making … Read more
Virginia gas prices dropped just over 2 cents a gallon over the past week according to price tracking website GasBuddy. The avverage for a gallon of regular is now $3.20. That’s nearly a dime a gallon lower than a month ago but $1.11 a gallon higher than a year ago.The national average is down close … Read more
A ransomware attack shuts down computers at Virginia’s Division of Legislative Automated Systems which is the General Assembly IT agency. A spokesperson for Gov. Ralph Northam’s office tells the Associated Press the governor directed other executive branch agencies to help with assessing and responding to the incident which has also caused several websites to be … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health reports the commonwealth now has more than 1 million recorded COVID-19 cases since data was first tracked last year. More than 40,000 hospitalizations have occurred and close to 15,000 Virginians have died from COVID-19 related complications. Officials say the 7-day testing positivity rate rose from 8.1% to 8.7% over the … Read more
The 2022 Mathews Chili Cook-Off will have a different organizer than in the past. According to the Gazette-Journal the Mathews Rotary Club will manage the 7th annual event after the organization learned the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad couldn’t continue in that role. Entrants compete to win the Judge’s Award and the People’s Choice Award plus … Read more
Gloucester County Public Utilities who are behind on their bills by more than 30 days are encouraged to set up a payment plan before this Wednesday or risk being disconnected after the new year. Virginia ended its COVID-19 service disconnection moratorium in August but the Board of Supervisors wanted to give ratepayers until the end … Read more
A 6-month-long Mathews County Department of Social Services investigation into fraud and forgery ends up with the arrest of a woman last Thursday. Police say Audrey Elaine Hudgins Mowrar also is charged with contributing to a minor and trespassing as well as two counts of breaking and entering. Investigators say money was withdrawn from the … Read more
There’s still no word on what caused a fire at a Dragonville church last summer. According to the Southside Sentinel State Police wrapped up their investigation and last week crews removed remaining debris from what was the Lower King & Queen Baptist Church. It was the second church on the site after the first burned … Read more