The Lancaster Players present “A Doll’s House, Part 2” as a first-ever online-only event from 8:00 p.m.this Friday through midnight Sunday. It’s Lucas Hnath’s sequel to his groundbreaking and controversial masterwork of 1879 in which character Nora Heimer makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children to begin a life on her own. … Read more
The Lancaster Board of Supervisors approves a special exception permit request to construct a 5-megawatt, 40-acre solar facility near White Stone. According to the Rappahannock Record the new facility will be adjacent to the similar Rappahannock Solar Facility, which was approved by the board of supervisors in 2018. Director of Planning and Land Use Brian … Read more
Businesses in Irvington can apply for grants made possible from the federal CARES Act passed in 2020. According to the Rappahannock Record the town has close to $27,000 for the grants coming from money that has to be used by the end of the year. The deadline to submit an application is this Friday. Applications … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health confirms a child died from Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with COVID-19. This is the first death from MIS-C reported in Virginia. MIS-C was first reported in April 2020 by United Kingdom officials and Virginia has 111 cases to date The child was between 10 and 19 years old … Read more
Gov. Ralph Northam and First Lady Pam Northam will receive two Virginia-grown Christmas trees today for the Executive Mansion. The Frasier firs coming from a Louisa County grower stand 7 and 11 feet tall. They were picked in a competition held last August where entries were judged for straightness and fullness plus overall health and … Read more
The Virginia Department of Health is working with the University of Virginia’s Biocomplexity Institute to employ wastewater testing as a way to detet COVID-19 infection in a community. According to the Danville Register & Bee the department is deploying more than 2 dozen wastewater collection sites across the commonwealth but it’s not clear where those … Read more
Rappahannock Community College was one of several academic institutions recently recognized at the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge third biennial awards ceremony. It honored select higher education institutions, educators, and students for their extraordinary work in student voter engagement during the 2020 presidential election. RCC was awarded in the Virginia 2-year institutions category for Highest … Read more
A 76-year-old Wake man convicted of sex crimes involving minors is sentenced to 40 years in jail. According to the Southside Sentinel a jury convicted Jimmy Elias Bristow on 20 counts after a 2-day trial. Prosecutors say Bristow committed the crimes between 1986 and 2016 and charges were brought in 2019 after one of the … Read more
It took a jury a little over 2 hours to find Matthew Scott Chapman guilty of second-degree murder in the 2020 death of John Carter Gordon. The Rappahannock Record reports that Chapman was also found guilty for using a firearm while committing a murder or malicious wounding, and for shooting in the commission of a … Read more
One of the participants in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is the Spirit of America Dance Corps and a Reedsville teenager will be part of that group. According to the Rappahannock Record Abby Jennings was selected to be one of the 600 dancers who will perform in Herald Square. Jennings is a junior at Northumberland … Read more