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 >>
A new study from the global ticketing marketplace viagogo has revealed the highest selling and most in demand Black musicians over the past year. The study analyzed recent ticket sales data, which found that 19 of the 25 highest-selling Black live performers of 2024 are either hip-hop or hip-hop-adjacent acts. Travis Scott tops the list…… read more >>
Cher made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday (November 18) to discuss her new book, Cher, The Memoir: Part One, which hit shelves on Tuesday. The recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee said that writing her memoir was a challenge for her, but it was important for the…… read more >>
Dua Lipa previously announced that her performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall back on October 17 was being turned into a TV special, An Evening With Dua Lipa, which will air on CBS and Paramount+ on December 15. On Tuesday (November 19), the pop superstar took to Instagram to reveal that she is releasing that…… read more >>
After serving double-duty on Saturday Night Live as the show’s host and musical guest, Charli XCX turned Times Square into a dance club on Monday (November 19) by delivering a surprise pop-up performance at the H&M that brought out thousands of fans. The neon billboards in Times Square were lit up in Brat green for…… read more >>
A new trailer was released for A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter on Monday night (November 19), and the clip revealed a host of big name special guests who will be joining the chart-topping pop superstar during her holiday special. Chappell Roan, Tyla, Shania Twain, and Kali Uchis will be the musical guests joining Carpenter…… read more >>
K-pop sensation Stray Kids just announced dates for their 2025 world tour. The boy band is set to perform 20 shows throughout Latin America, North America, and Europe next year as part of their <dominATE> World Tour, which represents Stray Kids’ first full stadium tour of their career. The tour kicks off on March 28…… read more >>
New Edition have extended their successful live residency at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas into 2025. The chart-topping R&B group announced new dates for their New Edition: Las Vegas residency with an Instagram video on Monday (November 18), revealing a run of six new shows on February 12, 14-15, 19, 21-22, which includes…… read more >>
Madonna took to Instagram on Monday (November 18) to express frustration with the producers behind Universal’s long-awaited biopic of the Queen of Pop. Madonna has invested four years of her life working on the film, and she revealed that people are trying to reign in her passion project and “downsize” the work. “After struggling for…… read more >>