The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors on Monday gave final approval to the county’s Fiscal 2022 budget. The budget contains no tax or fee increases. Rockbridge County’s real estate tax rate will remain at 74 cents per $100 of assessed value and the personal property tax rate will stay at $4.50. The budget also includes…… read more >>
Lexington City Council has voted in favor of a new policy for renaming city streets. The new policy lays out the procedure for how City Council can rename streets in the future. Property-owners interested in renaming their street must pay a $400 application fee. They also have to present a petition with signatures of at…… read more >>
After beating Citadel 31-17 Saturday, VMI wins the SOCON Conference and a bid in the FCS Playoffs. The first game will be Saturday April 24th at 2pm. Hear it live on 96.7 3WZ!… read more >>
Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors on Thursday appointed Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins to serve as VMI’s 15th superintendent. Wins, a 1985 VMI graduate, had been serving as VMI’s interim superintendent. He is the first Black superintendent in VMI’s history, retired from the U.S. Army in 2019 after a 34-year career. John William Boland, president…… read more >>
Natural Bridge State Park has been recognized as an International Dark Sky Park. The status requires approval from the International Dark-Sky Association. The status has been granted to about 130 parks around the world. “With the designation of Natural Bridge and Sky Meadows, Virginia State Parks has a total of four dark sky parks and…… read more >>
Norah Jones recently teamed up with Questlove and Christian McBride for a cover of The Staple Singers’ “Why Am I Treated So Bad.” The pair joined Jones as guests while recording the latest episode of her podcast “Playing Along.” The episode also features the trio’s collaborative covers of D’Angelo, Pops Staples, and Kris Kristofferson, among…… read more >>
Grammy-award winning German popstar Kim Petras recently surprise-dropped her previously shelved and partially leaked debut album, Problematique. The 10-track album includes “All She Wants” featuring Paris Hilton, “Treat Me Like a Ho,” “Born Again,” and the title track. All of the songs are co-produced by Dr. Luke, Aaron Joseph, and Vaughn Oliver. Several tracks from…… read more >>
Blink-182 have finally announced their new album, One More Time., the reunited band’s first LP in 12 years. The album will drop on October 20th, with the band offering a preview with the release of the title track as well as another song from the album, “More Than You Know.” The news was announced via…… read more >>
Taylor Swift has called on her fans to register to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. “Are you registered to vote yet?” the global superstar asked her fans in a statement posted on her Instagram Stories. “I’ve been so lucky to see so many of you at my US shows recently,” Swift said, referring to…… read more >>
Olivia Rodrigo’s former No. 1 “Vampire” has returned to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. “Vampire” bounced back to No. 1 on the chart from the No. 9 spot. Further, Rodrigo’s “Bad Idea Right?” also jumped to No. 7 from No. 26. The Grammy-winning singer’s sophomore album Guts, which features both songs,…… read more >>
Katy Perry has sold her music rights to Litmus Music, a venture co-founded by Capitol Records president Dan McCarroll and financed by The Carlyle Group, for $225 million. The deal covers the master royalty income and publishing rights for Perry’s five studio albums released by Capitol Records, including One of the Boys, Teenage Dream, PRISM,…… read more >>
Bryan Adams has announced that Live At The Royal Albert Hall, a series of concerts recorded live at the historic London venue, will be released as a box set via BMG. The box set features three concerts where the singer/songwriter performed his iconic albums, Cuts Like A Knife, Into The Fire and Waking Up The…… read more >>
Ariana Grande and her estranged husband, Dalton Gomez have officially filed for divorce, according to TMZ. According to the report, Grande filed first in Los Angeles County court on Monday, September 18, citing “irreconcilable differences.” Gomez filed shortly after with the date of separation logged as February 20, 2023. In July, news broke that Grande…… read more >>
