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Camp Nelson prepares for Memorial Day
aorwick@jessaminejournal.comCamp Nelson National Cemetery is gearing up for the holiday weekend, during which it will present its annual Memorial Day program starting at 11 a.m. on Monday. The program will honor all members of the military who have served or who are currently...Tags: Triple Crown, Holidays, Memorial Day, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Human Interest
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Marjorie Carter
Marjorie Canter Carter, 84, loving and devoted wife of 65 years to Ray “Buddy” Carter, of Short Shun died at her home Wednesday, May 15. She was born in Jessamine County to Lee and Edith Beulah Green Canter. She retired from the VA Hospital in... -
Three day drill tests disaster coordination
Assignment ManagerEvacuees lined up at Virginia Military Institute Wednesday morning, testing state and local emergency response to a major earthquake. The three-day, statewide exercise began Tuesday and simulates response to a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in central...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Christopher Newport University, Rockingham County (Virginia), Natural Disasters
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Tech Softball Team Bows Out of NCAA Tournament
Sports DirectorThe Virginia Tech softball team saw its 2013 season come to a heartbreaking end Sunday, falling to 17th-ranked and 12th-seeded Kentucky 1-0 in the final game of the NCAA Lexington Regional at John Cropp Stadium. The Hokies downed the Wildcats 2-0...Tags: Virginia Tech Hokies, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Kentucky Wildcats
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Sunday's local roundup: Virginia Tech softball falls in NCAA regional final
Colleges Softball: Virginia Tech forced a deciding game in the Lexington Regional, but lost 1-0 to host Kentucky. The Wildcats (41-19) advanced to a best-of-three Super Regional against the Arizona State-Georgia winner. The Hokies beat Kentucky 2-0...Tags: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, Virginia Cavaliers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Arizona Wildcats, Florida State Seminoles
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Notre Dame softball: Virginia Tech rally too much for Irish
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kat Banks hit a three-run single in the top of the fifth to rally Virginia Tech to a 4-3 win over Notre Dame in the first game of the Lexington Regional in Lexington, Ky. Banks also homered for the Hokies (36-19), who loaded the...Tags: Virginia Tech Hokies, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Obituary: Walter "Tom" Gehlhausen
Walter “Tom” Gehlhausen 1956-2013 STANFORD — Walter Clarence “Tom” Gehlhausen, 56, of Raintree Circle, Stanford, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at Baptist Health in Lexington. Born Saturday, July 21, 1956, in...
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Track & Field: Like father, like daughter as Freeman gets D-I scholarship
andrewm@herald-mail.comLike father, like daughter: Hayley Freeman is going D-I. The South Hagerstown senior track star signed a letter of intent Tuesday with the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., where she will receive an athletic scholarship to compete at the...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Morgan State University, High School Sports, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Was the Revolutionary War a reactionary war? 'Bunker Hill' reconsiders history.
It turns out the modern incarnation of the tea party may have more in common with the original Boston hell-raisers than people think. Americans have long romanticized the events leading to the Battle of Bunker Hill and the start of the American...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Tea Party Movement, Authors, Armed Forces, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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VMI board raises tuition, fees
Virginia Military Institute's Board of Visitors has approved across-the-board tuition increases. In-state students at the Lexington school will pay 2.9 percent more for tuition, while out-of-state students will see a 4.5 percent increase. Media...
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Sinkhole slowing interstate traffic in Rockbridge County
Assignment ManagerA sinkhole along Interstate 81 may slow traffic for about a day. The sinkhole was discovered Monday near mile marker 197 between Lexington and Fairfield. Northbound traffic is reduced to one lane in that area. It is also the same area where a truck...Tags: Rockbridge County, Virginia Department of Transportation
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Rare 1913 nickel fetches over $3.1M at auction
A rare century-old U.S. nickel that was once mistakenly declared a fake has sold at auction for more than $3.1 million. The 1913 Liberty Head nickel is one of only five known to exist. But it's the coin's back story that adds to its cachet: It was...
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