Washington and Lee University’s new plan to build a wall in University Chapel was approved early last month after multiple permit denials and arguments over the chapel’s history.
Building inspector...
I stumbled down what I came to recognize as the bridge along West Nelson Street. Clouds hung low on the gray sky to match the dull, cracked pavement below. Ash dusted the once-red Lexington brick, which...
Emma Malinak, Arts & Life Editor
• February 8, 2023
Washington and Lee’s Campus Kitchen hosted its 11th annual Souper Bowl on Feb. 5, celebrating the event in person for the first time since 2020.
Lexington’s restaurants partnered with the university...
I guess you never get used to the sight of old white dudes publicly cosplaying as their favorite Civil War characters.
For the fourth consecutive year, I was disappointed to see Confederate flags fluttering...
Well over 100 local community members and far-traveling tourists gathered in Oak Grove Cemetery on Jan. 14 to honor Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in an annual Lee-Jackson Day parade.
Attendee Bill...
Dozens of Confederate admirers and supporters descended upon Lexington for the celebration of Lee-Jackson Day last week in an event now familiar to Washington and Lee University upperclassmen and disarmingly...
Property owners paid their annual real estate taxes to the City of Lexington on December 5. But there is tension over whether everyone is paying their fair share.
Washington and Lee University holds...
April 15th will go down in history.
Sure, it is the date of the sinking of the Titanic and the birthday of Da Vinci (and Seth Rogan!), but these are of no pressing significance.
April 15th will...
Christmas festivities are back in full swing in Lexington after a year without. Main Street closed down for Lexington’s annual Christmas parade Dec. 3.
Attendees were smiling and bundled up as they...
The Lexington Police Department’s request for a 12% increase in salaries was unanimously approved during a city council meeting Oct. 21.
Lexington Police Chief Angela Greene said she has seen a significant...
The Bookery in downtown Lexington offers an escape into an “organized chaos” of books, a term coined by owner Marysue Forrest.
For 34 years, the store has served the Lexington community as one of...
