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 >>
Eric Clapton has announced a brief U.S. Tour of five cities spanning 12 days in September. Clapton’s band for these shows will include regular collaborators Doyle Bramhall II, Paul Carrack, Nathan East, Sonny Emory and Chris Stainton with Sharon White and Katie Kissoon on backing vocals. The shows will feature Texas blues man Jimmie Vaughan…… read more >>
Gwen Stefani has announced that she is returning to “The Voice” as a coach after a gap of two years. Stefani revealed that she’s set to return to the NBC reality song competition series in a video she posted on TikTok. The video shows the 52-year-old mother of three singing Mika’s 2007 song, “Grace Kelly,”…… read more >>
Elton John and Dua Lipa’s collaborative song “Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)” has topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary radio airplay chart dated May 21. It marks Elton John’s 18th No. 1 song on the Adult Contemporary radio airplay chart. In all, 42 of the legendary musician’s songs have entered the chart’s top 10. John’s other chart-toppers…… read more >>
Ed Sheeran teamed up with young Australian musician Budjerah for the latest remix of his single “2step. Budjerah, who won the award for most performed R&B/soul work for “Higher” recently at the 2022 APRA Music Awards, revealed the news about the collab through a social media post. Budjerah previously won the award in the inaugural…… read more >>
After testing positive for Covid shortly after his second concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Eric Clapton has postponed his next two concerts of the ongoing European tour. The shows affected by the pandemic were performances scheduled to be held in Zurich on May 17 and Milan on May 18. The iconic English rock and…… read more >>
Britney Spears and her fiancé Sam Asghari, who were expecting their first child together, have lost their unborn child. The sad news was revealed by the singer on Saturday. “It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy,” Spears said in an Instagram…… read more >>
The much-anticipated U.K. & Europe tour by Queen and Adam Lambert is finally set to rock its way across the continent for eight weeks, beginning later this month. Twice postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 36-date Rhapsody Tour is set to kick off in Belfast on May 27 with final stop in Tampere, Finland,…… read more >>
Olivia Rodrigo stole the show at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, winning seven awards at the ceremony held at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday. The teenage sensation won the awards for Top New Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Hot 100 Artist, Top Streaming Songs Artist, Top Radio Songs Artist, Top Billboard…… read more >>
