Lexington News

A 15-year-old boy who was shot while hunting has died. Victor D. Clark was shot and fatally wounded while hunting with Codee Mchale Clark on Saturday, just before 5 p.m. Buena Vista Police Department reports officers from their location as well as Buena Vista Fire Department and Buena Vista Rescue Squad responded to the call.

A VMI cadet has passed away following a training event. John Alexander Evans, who was 19 and from Maryland, collapsed in his Barracks room after completing a 10-mile march.

There is a Public Forum scheduled for Wednesday, November 18 at 7pm to discuss parking in Downtown Lexington.

A member of the City of Lexington Ministerial Association: The Reverend William M. Klein - A member of the Bar of Rockbridge County/City of Lexington: Donald Jackson Ellis, Esq.

The historic campus of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., has offered instruction in journalism for well over a century a ' but probably never quite like this.

WSLS Channel 10 will be broadcasting live from Downtown Lexington on Wednesday, November 18.

A Buena Vista man who strayed over the center line on his moped was flung onto the hood of an oncoming vehicle on Jacktown Road shortly before noon on Wednesday.

The new, reburbished, "Welcome to Lexington" sign was landscaped recently by the Master Gardeners.

A Veteran's Day Wreath Laying Ceremony sponsored by the VFW Shenandoah Valley Post 1499 of Lexington, Post 4805 of Buena Vista, the American Legion Post 126 of Buena Vista and the Military Officers Association of America will take place at 9:00 a.m. at Courthouse Square, South Main Street, Lexington on Monday, November 11th.

The annual Lexington downtown trick-or-treat madness took place this year on Thursday, October 29th as ghosts, goblins, princesses, and pirates invaded the streets in search of treats.

The Lexington Rotary Club has scheduled their Winter Community Bazaar for Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 9:30 am until 2 pm.

" Claudia Smigrod, professor of photography at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, and VMI Cadet Even Rogers '10 will discuss their contributions to a local gallery exhibit entitled "Picture/Words" at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov.

On Wednesday, November 11, 2009 the Stonewall Jackson House will celebrate Veterans Day by giving free admission to the house to veterans and current military personnel with military ID.

Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair will be the featured speaker at a Virginia journalism ethics seminar.

The sheriff of Rockbridge County faces a charge of misdemeanor assault and battery after an Oct.

The Campus-Community Coalition at Washington and Lee University will hold an open-forum discussion in Stackhouse Theatre in Elrod Commons Wednesday, Oct.

At the Virginia Military Institute, where three to six cadets share rooms "so small they put their bunks up during the day so they can get around," officials had expected roommates also would share the swine-flu virus.

Rockbridge County's sheriff is facing a charge of assault and battery. Lexington police said Tuesday that Sheriff Robert Day was charged following an incident Oct.

Rockbridge Area Hospice again this year is the recipient of signature artwork for their Hospice Hustle fundraiser from local artist Christopher Bowring.

Even as its fall campaign is rolling into high gear - " at nearly $125,000 as of Friday -- 50% toward its goal of $250,000 and $2,000 ahead of last year's pace -- the United Way of Lexington-Rockbridge County continues to explore ways to serve the community on a wider scale.