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 >>
In a new interview with Paper Magazine, BLACKPINK singer ROSÉ discussed the inspiration behind the songs on her emotional debut solo album, Rosie. The K-pop superstar admits that she has a nasty habit of doom-scrolling through social media late at night, which fills her with “bad comments that will get into my head.” Rather than…… read more >>
On Monday night (November 4), Young Thug made his first public appearance after being released from prison, hanging out with fellow Atlanta native T.I. The hip-hop superstars were shown in the recording studio together on Tip’s Instagram post shared early Tuesday morning, with the newly released YSL leader shown enjoying his newfound freedom alongside T.I.…… read more >>
Tyler, the Creator’s eighth studio album, Chromakopia, currently sits at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, giving the Grammy-winning rapper his third chart-topping album of his career. Chromakopia dropped on a Monday (October 28), instead of the industry standard Friday album release, making the 299,500 units moved in its first week even more…… read more >>
Kylie Minogue’s new album, Tension II, owes a lot of its pulsating spirit to the dance club culture of the 1990s. So, it’s no surprise that the “Padam Padam” hitmaker has such fondness for that decade and the carefree good times she associates with the era. In a new interview with The Times, the Grammy-winning…… read more >>
In a new interview with Australia’s Hit 104.7 Canberra, Ariana Grande was asked why she chose to use her “grown-up name” – meaning her birth name – Ariana Grande-Butera, in the credits of her new film, Wicked. “Technically, it’s my little girl name! It’s technically little Ari’s name,” the Grammy-winning singer responded. “It just feels…… read more >>
The BST Hyde Park summer concert series lineup for 2025 is starting to fill up with some of the biggest names in music. Noah Kahan is the latest headliner to be announced for BST Hyde Park, as the folk-country music star will play the sprawling London greenspace on Friday, July 4th. He will be joined…… read more >>
On Saturday, November 2, Darius Rucker brought his two daughters to see Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The 58-year-old country music star shared a photo of the momentous occasion on Instagram, where his two girls, Carolyn, 29, and Daniella, 23, are both beaming alongside their proud father. Rucker had…… read more >>
Lionsgate won the worldwide theatrical distribution rights for The Weeknd‘s upcoming film, Hurry Up Tomorrow. The psychological, music-packed thriller stars Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keoghan, and is directed by Trey Edward Shults. The film will be a creative compliment to the Weeknd’s forthcoming album of the same name, with the music…… read more >>