![The Rockbridge Area Relief Association used to provide homeless people with vouchers for a one week stay](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screen-Shot-2023-11-30-at-12.47.58-PM.png)
Most Lexington hotels will no longer accept homeless guests
This comes at a time when demand for local housing assistance has increased. Local advocates say that building more affordable housing is their primary focus in alleviating homelessness
![Ricardo Vergara will spend six years in prison and five on probation.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HELLVERGARA-1200x900.jpg)
Grand jury indicts former Washington and Lee first-year on rape charges
Lexington police arrested Ricardo Vergara in February for allegedly sexually assaulting a fellow student a month earlier
![Rendering of the apartment complex planned to be built on the former Virginia Department of Transportation property.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screen-Shot-2023-10-27-at-12.55.09-PM.png)
New Lexington apartment complex to include affordable housing
The city, like the nation, faces a shortage of affordable housing
![Whos going into shops like Sugar Maple Trading Company? No one opinions editor Georgia Bernbaum knows. Are these shops evidence of Lexington being a witness protection town?](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSCF7941-900x600.jpg)
Is Lexington a witness protection town?
Ever wondered if there’s more to our sleepy college town? Well, be careful what you wish for
![A photo rendering of the inside of a chapel, mostly white but with brown accents. A central arch is filled by a set back white wall.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ChapelRendering-800x533-1.jpg)
Lexington city official approves construction of University Chapel wall blocking Lee statue
Local building inspector denied original construction plans due to safety concerns. After two years, construction will begin in June 2023
The Greek tragedy
The legend of Lexington's downfall
![Two young men wearing hair nets ladle soup from a pot into small cups.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SouperBowl-900x730.jpg)
Campus Kitchen’s Souper Bowl raises money to fight food insecurity
Proceeds from the event will fund Campus Kitchen’s
backpack program
![A parade of people carrying Confederate flags down a street.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_9156-rotated-e1675725304922-900x675.jpg)
Hey W&L, your inaction is showing: Lee-Jackson Day shouldn’t be met with silence
The university cannot say it supports diversity and inclusion unless it fully opposes those crusty, decaying acolytes of the Lost Cause
![A group of people carrying Confederate flags and symbols are assembled in a cemetery.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AnyConv.com__IMG_9149-900x675.jpg)
Local MLK and Lee-Jackson Day festivities clash
Both parades in downtown Lexington boasted the largest crowds they've seen since 2020
![A crowd of people carrying Confederate flags walk down a town street, facing away from the camera.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_1218-rotated-e1674435370571-900x777.jpeg)
Lee-Jackson Day suggests Lee is in limbo
An up-close look at the Lee-Jackson parade reveals complicated truths about the South
![W&Ls taxable property is worth $9.9 million, including leased buildings like the business office.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_1502-900x675.jpeg)
Inside Washington and Lee’s real estate tax exemption
W&L only paid $91,000 in real estate taxes this year for its off-campus property valued at $57.6 million. The university supports Lexington in other ways. But is it enough?
Didn’t know Pebble Beach was in Lexington!
Words on the outrage over Lexington Golf and Country Club’s increased golf rates