Barbara Hall Hunter, 74, of Rockbridge County, passed away on Jan. 27, 2025, with family by her side. Born on Oct. 30, 1950, in Lexington, she was the daughter of the late Patricia and William “Buddy” ...

George David “Big Daddy” Tolley, 87, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. He was a son of Lewis David Tolley and Lucy Conner Tolley of Rockbridge County. George is ...

Margaret Lee Brown Krom, 97, formerly of Buena Vista, passed away in her home in Jupiter, Fla., on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. She was born on March 16, 1927, in Buena Vista to James D. and Minnie Foster ...

Virginia Military Institute’s men’s basketball team earned a hard-fought 82-70 victory over Southern Conference rival The Citadel at home on Saturday afternoon at Cameron Hall in Lexington to sweep ...

Feb. 9, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: Many have ridiculed President Donald Trump’s plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza and develop a “Riviera of the Middle East.” The truth is that this proposal is ...

Feb. 5, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: Regarding Wawa coming to Rockbridge County, wow, I can hardly wait. I hate seeing our beautiful historic area ruined by the addition of cheap-looking hotels, ...

A talk by Banu Subramaniam, professor and chair of women and gender studies at Wellesley College, titled “For the Love of Plants: Plant Worlds in the Shadows of Empire” has been postponed from Feb. 10 ...

Jan. 30, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: Just prior to Christmas at a Wreaths Across America ceremony at Evergreen Cemetery we had just honored those who served to maintain our freedom. A woman who is ...

The past three weeks in Washington have been described variously as chaotic and as revolutionary. I think both of these desc r ipt ions are valid. Massive changes are being promised. Entire government ...

Feb. 9, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: There is an editorial in this week’s The Economist entitled “Scorn thy Neighbor.” It is a worthy read for those concerned about the future of our country. The ...

Feb. 6, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: I am a graduate of a federal military academy, Army veteran, retired law enforcement officer, and former professor of sociology at Washington and Lee University.

Feb. 7, 2025 Editor, The News-Gazette: Our era will be known as the Deeply Stupid, led by a narcissist who loves two things: the sound of his own voice, braying nonsense. And money. He has no policies ...