A celebration of life for Mary “Carole” Smyer will be held on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 2:30 p.m. at New Providence Presbyterian Church, 1208 New Providence Road, Raphine. The News-Gazette Corp.

Bill Anderson died Aug. 25, 2025, at 98. He was born Feb. 16, 1927, in Greeneville, Tenn., to Nick and Fuschia Anderson. Bill started his journalism career during high school with the Greeneville ...

Donald Lee Hostetter passed away on June 4, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family. He was a devoted father, grandfather, brother, and friend who will be deeply missed by all who knew him. Donald ...

Fredericka Lee Elliot, 80, of Glasgow died Sunday, March 15, 2026, at LewisGale Hospital. She was born to the late Russell Lee Elliott and Janie Berniece Diamond-Elliott on July 1, 1945, in Lexington.

Quiet and steady, Allison Blocker Russell left this physical world on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, to join her beloved and devoted late husband, John W. Russell. Allison was born in Houston, Texas, to Lee ...

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Shirley Swink Montgomery, 91, of Lexington, died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, at Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital. Born June 26, 1935, in Rockbridge County, she was a daughter of the late Robert ...

Culinary skills will include how to prepare and serve meals in restaurant settings, reading and following recipes, and proper ...

Rockbridge County High School opened its football season on its new artificial turf field last Friday. This drone shot by ...

SOME U.S. commemorative items, such as one of this year’s T-shirts (above), may fade, but some items, such as the 1976 seal ...

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