Raphine News

RAPHINE - Investigators continued to comb the wreckage Wednesday of a plane crash in Rockbridge County that killed everyone on board.

Rockbridge Co., VA - Federal aviation officials in Raphine are still wrapping up a field investigation into that deadly weekend plane crash.

A flight plan filed in New Jersey indicates that four people were aboard the single-engine corporate turboprop that slammed into a farm field near Raphine Sunday morning, investigators say.

RAPHINE - Based on flight plan records, four people are dead following a plane crash Sunday morning in Raphine, an official with the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday afternoon during a press conference.

Authorities say there were no survivors aboard a single-engine plane that crashed Sunday morning in Rockbridge County.

According to National Transportation Board and Virginia State Police officials, there were no survivors of a plane crash which occurred at about 10 a.m. at the Cyrus McCormick Farm on Raphine Road.

When a small plane crashed east of Raphine Sunday morning shortly after 10 a.m., Walkswithwolves Ledford was sitting on his front porch with his wife.

Virginia State Police and the Rockbridge County Sheriff's Department are at the scene of a plane crash near Raphine.

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

Free entry with a donation of a new toy or a can of food for those 12 and up. 11 and under free, as always.

LEXINGTON - Christina Ann Davis and John Oliver Moore, Jr., of Lexington announce their engagement.

T he community of Greenville has every right to its own volunteer fire station, and we hope its residents join in the conversation.

A meeting tonight should help county officials better understand any public interest in possibly locating a volunteer fire and rescue station in the Riverheads District.

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.

Church planning bus trip: Mount Salem Baptist Church is planning a bus trip to Blanche, N.C., on June 27 to a gospel concert with Lee Williams and the Spiritual QCs, Harvey Watkins and the Canton Spirituals and the Silver Stars of Blanche.

The small quilt took Bren Sutton about three months, but she said the time was well worth it.

Interstate 81 will have nighttime northbound lane closures from mile marker 205 to 207 as part of a paving project near the Rockbridge and Augusta County line.

We wish to add our voices to those expressing concern regarding the proposed commercial development at I-81 and Va.

BARREN RIDGE - Mr. and Mrs. Trooper Callison announce the engagement of their daughter, Catherine Ann Callison, to Robert Hezekiah Fitzgerald III, son of Bobby Fitzgerald of Newport and Freda Groah of Raphine.

WILLIAMSBURG - Ten members of the Kappa Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International attended the IOTA State Convention.