by Ireland Hayes | Aug 28, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Before Chester Brown made the decision Aug. 12 to represent himself at his upcoming murder trial, his attorney, Paul Fore, filed over 20 motions asking Rappahannock County Circuit Court Judge Robert Smith to grant them on Brown’s behalf. Here’s how the judge ruled:...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 28, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
Agrees to never work as a contractor A Flint Hill contractor accused of taking more than $450,000 from a Woodville couple for a home renovation he never finished took a plea deal Tuesday, agreeing to repay the money and never work as a contractor again. “The bottom...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 27, 2026 | Crime and Courts, Sidebar
A Washington woman was sentenced last Thursday to five years in jail after pleading guilty to her sixth DWI, a charge stemming from a March crash near Amissville. With three years and 10 months of her sentence suspended in a plea deal, her jail time was reduced to 14...
by Ireland Hayes | Aug 26, 2026 | Sidebar
Maureen Harris, a member of the Rappahannock County Public Library Board of Trustees, acknowledged in a statement Monday that she removed two signs in the Woodville area opposing the library’s potential relocation. She said she felt they posed a safety hazard on the...
by Tim Carrington | Aug 24, 2026 | Features, People, Top Story
Actor, director, lawyer, diplomat, storyteller takes final bow Multiple lives came to rest on Aug. 2 when Peter Hornbostel died two months short of his 90th birthday. The much-admired actor and director of Rappahannock plays was also a diplomat, a writer and teller...
