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 >>
British singer-songwriter Adele has added two additional New Year’s Eve weekend shows to her “Weekends With Adele” residency at Las Vegas’ Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The newly added concerts will take place on December 30 and 31. “New Years Eve has always been a let down for me, I seem to always end up spending…… read more >>
Duran Duran have announced that their Future Past tour will extend with five headlining arena shows across the U.K. and Ireland through Spring of 2023. The tour, in support of the band’s new studio album Future Past, will begin at Manchester’s AO Arena on April 29. It will be followed by shows at London’s O2…… read more >>
Rock icon Bruce Springsteen has revealed that he is prepping a box set of five previously unreleased albums, which were mainly recorded during the ’90s. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Springsteen said that the collection would feature songs from the post-1988 period. “I have a box set of five unreleased albums that are…… read more >>
Dolly Parton is set to co-host Miley Cyrus’ New Year’s Eve Special, which will air live on NBC from Miami on Saturday, December 31. The event will also stream live on Peacock. Parton replaces last year’s co-host Pete Davidson to ring in the New Year. The show, which is executive produced by Lorne Michaels, will…… read more >>
Iconic musicians Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks have added a Kansas City date to their recently announced co-headlining stadium shows. The pair will perform at the GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday, August 19, 2023. The show will mark the first time the two have ever performed on the same stage in Missouri. Tickets…… read more >>
Sam Smith’s new single, “Unholy,” featuring Kim Petras, has received Platinum certification from the RIAA. “Unholy,” released on September 22, is the second single from Smith’s upcoming fourth studio album Gloria, set to drop on January 27, 2023. Earlier, Smith and Petras had made history after they became the first openly non-binary and transgender artists…… read more >>
The Doobie Brothers’ 50th Anniversary concert at Radio City Music Hall will premiere on PBS stations on Saturday, November 26. Tom Johnston, Michael McDonald, Pat Simmons and Jon McFee were back on the road together as The Doobie Brothers for the first time in more than 25 years with more than 60 stops across North…… read more >>
The 15th Stagecoach Festival has announced its Palomino Stage lineup for 2023, which includes ZZ Top, Bryan Adams, Tyler Childers and more. The Stagecoach festival will take place from April 28-30 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, following two weekends of Coachella on the same grounds. Ian Munsick, Melissa Etheridge, Keb’ Mo’, Valerie…… read more >>
