
Staunton teen named Cadet of the Month at Fishburne Military School
Cadet Darian Belisle, son of Adam Belisle and Michelle Rosado, has been named the Fishburne Military School Cadet of the Month for January 2018.

Cadet Darian Belisle, son of Adam Belisle and Michelle Rosado, has been named the Fishburne Military School Cadet of the Month for January 2018.

The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir has been selected to perform at the American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The 73-member Concert Choir will perform Friday, Feb. 23, at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.

Actor and writer David Mills will perform his interpretation of some of Langston Hughes’ works at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Carter Center for Worship and Music at Bridgewater College.

The Charlottesville Reading Series will host a poetry and prose reading on Friday, February 16, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM at New Dominion Bookshop (404 East Main St).

A dry fall and an even drier January are creating some concerns for Virginia farmers.

In 2017, Eastern Mennonite University was awarded grants in excess of $3.3 million, including more than $2.2 million in federal funding.

Albemarle County police have identified the man who died in a collision with an Amtrak train carrying Republican members of Congress to a West Virginia political retreat Wednesday morning.

The Virginia athletics department announced today (Jan. 31) its clear bag policy and entrance procedures will be in place for all home baseball games at Davenport Field and all home men’s and women’s lacrosse games at Klöckner Stadium.

The Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force, assisted by the Albemarle County Police Department and United States Marshals Service, arrested three fugitives following a Jan. 26 traffic stop in 1200 block of Seminole Trail in Albemarle County.

John Rose, cartoonist for King Features’ Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comic strip, and Thomas Yeates, illustrator for Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant, will talk about their work on Thursday, Feb. 8, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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