Fairfield News

The following students enrolled at Virginia Tech were named to the dean's list for the spring 2009 semester.

An armed robber held up the lone female clerk at the Fairfield Stop-In at gun point around 11:45 p.m. Sunday night, stealing approximately $100 in cash and seven cartons of cigarettes.

June 29, 2009 Authorities looking for armed robbery suspect in Rockbridge County The Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery.

Buster Lewis greets Walker's Creek residents at Rockbridge Middle School on Thursday, June 18th as he announces his campaign for reelection to the Board of Supervisors.

RICHMOND - A Commonwealth Transportation Board vote has officially pared $538 million from the state highway system's six-year spending plan.

A. W. "Buster" Lewis is announcing his candidacy for reelection to the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors from the Walkers Creek District at the Rockbridge Middle School, Sterrett Road, Fairfield Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 5:00 pm.

Cake walk to help family with funeral expenses: A cake walk to benefit the family of Ricky Fitzgerald is planned for 7 p.m. Saturday at Buena Vista Fire Department.

Seamstress Marge Hulse of Stuarts Draft sews tents at Base-X, a Fairfield company that manufactures tents and shelters for military, industrial and domestic applications.

VDOT says a series of crashes have traffic backed up on Interstate 81 southbound, near the Rockbridge County and Augusta County line.

The second annual Armed Forces Clay Target Shoot" to support the Virginia Wounded Warrior Program was held Saturday, May 16th 2009 at The Glorious Twelfth shooting range near Fairfield Virginia.

As spring comes to the area and flowers begin to bloom, local resident Susan McDowell said this is her favorite time of the year.

The regular monthly meeting of the Rockbridge County School Board will be held on Monday, May 4, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at Fairfield Elementary School, 20 Fairfield School Road, Fairfield, Virginia.

The Fairfield Volunteer Rescue Squad is requesting donations for a fundraising auction sale on October 17.

The Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office says one man is dead after a drowning in the Devil's Kitchen area of Goshen.

The following students enrolled at Virginia Tech were named to the dean's list for the fall 2008 semester.

Hokie Club to dedicate Stull memorial: To commemorate the 45th anniversary of the death of Oscar M. Stull, the Roanoke Valley Hokie Club will dedicate the Oscar M. Stull Memorial stone and plaque at 11 a.m. ...

It was near blizzard conditions for a while late Sunday afternoon and into Sunday night in the Rockbridge area as the wind picked up during the snowstorm.

BLACKSBURG - Richard T. "R.T." Fisk III of Raphine has been named to the Virginia Tech dean's list for the fall 2008 semester.

The Commonwealth Transportation Board awarded a design-build contract for construction of truck climbing lanes on Interstate 81 in Rockbridge County.

FAIRFIELD - Grant Moss, 13, of Lexington has received APVA Preservation Virginia's Young Preservationist of the Year Award.