
Tournament fishing returns to Smith Mountain Lake
The EverStart Series is headed to Smith Mountain Lake April 25-27 when as many as 300 pros and co-anglers take to the water for the first of four stops in the Northern Division.

The EverStart Series is headed to Smith Mountain Lake April 25-27 when as many as 300 pros and co-anglers take to the water for the first of four stops in the Northern Division.

Ride With Pride will be hosting a 50/50 bingo at the Staunton Eagles on April 21 from 2-5 p.m. Each game is $1.00 per card. Door prizes will also be awarded throughout the afternoon.

A tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 64 has closed all eastbound lanes at mile marker 97.5 on Afton Mountain in Augusta County. This location is between exit 96 at Route 624 in the Lyndhurst area and exit 99 at Route 250 on Afton Mountain.

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and two of its members (or partner agencies) are competing for a total of $85,000 in grant funding through Walmart’s nationwide Fighting Hunger Together campaign. The two Food Bank members competing for the grant include Hope Distributed, a food pantry in Harrisonburg, and Campus Kitchens, a food distribution program in Lexington. All of the grant funding will support their child hunger-relief programs.

The coworking space at 16 West Beverley St. recently announced its April schedule of business and community activities.

WTA’s Gateway will host the fourth round of the Open Mic Talent Night Competition on Thursday, March 28 at 7 pm. The prize for the winner will be a $50 cash prize and a chance to participate in the final competition in June. Winner of the final round will receive a contract for a paid-performance at WTA’s Gateway or the Wayne Theatre and a professional produced video for posting on websites and Facebook.

Top Rope General Manager Marvin Ward issued the following statement on the health status of 16-time world champion “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, who was hospitalized on Monday.

Does Top Rope have its own Florida Gulf Coast? We’ll find out with the inaugural Night of the Superstars Bracket Challenge – through which you, the fans, will determine your favorite Top Rope Superstar!

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke. Work scheduled is subject to change due to inclement weather and material supplies. Motorists are advised to watch for slow-moving tractors during mowing operations. Also, when traveling through a work zone, be alert to periodic changes in traffic patterns and lane closures.

Local Charlottesville area swimmers of the Charlottesville Swans Synchronized Swimming team competed against other synchronized swimming teams from around Virginia in the Capitol Classic on Sunday, March 17.