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More than 50 cats and kittens were rescued from a property on Plank Road earlier this week by several animal rescue organizations working in cooperation with the Rockbridge County Sheriff’s Office.

“Cases of this magnitude truly take a village, and the success of this rescue demonstrates the strength of Virginia's animal welfare community and the power of collaborative...

Last month marked 52 years since Mel Greenberg came to town with the specious intent to make a movie here in Lexington. This event was such big news, it was covered in two issues of The News-Gazette. This week we look at June 12 and June 19, 1974.

The front page stories for June 12 were:

For those of us who work year-round and no longer have the entire summer to goof off or spend at camp, this interview series is here to hopefully brighten up your day and bring some beauty into your inbox. Lexington is fortunate to have multiple art galleries full of beautiful and diverse art pieces. This interview series will feature one local artist a week, where we'll talk...

The front entrance to the Comfort Inn in East Lexington is temporarily closed after a moving truck slammed into the hotel’s awning on Tuesday night, July 7. The accident happened around 9 p.m. and left parts of the awning's roof and a brick column damaged.

Hotel manager Karolay Silva said they are working with the...

Perpetual Care Fund Had Been Nearly Depleted

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The perpetual care fund for Buena Vista’s Green Hill Cemetery was nearly depleted for several years, from 2022 until last September, when a cash infusion from the city’s general fund replenished it to almost what it had been in 2003.

A 19-year budgetary practice of transferring $10,000 annua...