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 >>
Kelly Clarkson covered alt rock legends the Pixies’s classic “Where is My Mind?” during the “Kellyoke” segment on her daytime talk show “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Monday, November 29. Clarkson gave her own pop twist to the classic rock song as she was accompanied by her band Y’all. “With your feet on the air…… read more >>
Rihanna has been declared the “National Hero” of Barbados as the Caribbean island nation became a republic. At a Pride of Nationhood ceremony held in capital Bridgetown on Monday, Barbados formally severed its political and ceremonial bondage with the British monarchy, meaning Queen Elizabeth II will no longer be their head of state. In the…… read more >>
Keith Urban has announced 2022 North American tour dates as part of his first world tour in four years. Ingrid Andress will join Urban to open “The Speed Of Now World Tour,” which kicks off on June 17 at Tampa, Florida. The tour is named after Urban’s 2020 album, The Speed of Now Part 1.…… read more >>
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has once again topped Billboard’s Holiday 100 Songs chart. The track from Carey’s 1994 album, Merry Christmas, is an up-tempo love song that includes bell chimes, backing vocals and synthesizers. The song has become a Christmas standard and continues to surge in popularity each holiday season.…… read more >>
Elton John has shared a video of him and Ed Sheeran re-creating a scene from the movie Love Actually to promote their new holiday song, “Merry Christmas.” In a teaser on social media, the English musicians announced that their song will be released on Friday. The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation and the Elton John…… read more >>
The Weeknd, Olivia Rodrigo and H.E.R. were among the winners of the third annual Apple Music Awards. The Weeknd won the Global Artist of the Year award, with Apple noting the global superstar’s 2020 album After Hours quickly surpassed one million pre-adds on Apple Music and is the most pre-added album of all time by…… read more >>
Ye’s Sunday Service choir covered Adele’s “Easy On Me” in tribute to late designer Virgil Abloh, who died on Sunday, November 28. Ye’s choir performed the rendition of the single from Adele’s latest chart-topping album 30 during a Sunday service that was livestreamed on the Donda Live website. The cover was a revamped version of…… read more >>
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett’s “MTV Unplugged” performance is set to premiere on MTV on Thursday, December 16 at 9 pm EST. The duo will perform stripped down versions of songs from their latest collaborative album Love for Sale, which was released in September. The episode was filmed earlier this year in New York City.…… read more >>
