The following students at Rye Cove High School have been named to the honor roll for the fourth nine weeks. Eighth Grade First Honor Roll Skyler Begley, Cooper Bowen, Isiah Griffin and Cole Stewart. Second Honor Roll Emma Butler, William Huff, Jalynn Rogers and William Rollins. Ninth Grade First Honor Roll Morgyn Bledsoe and Levi Hamm. Second Honor Roll Kaden […]
Church Briefs
Pine Grove Free Will Baptist Church hosts Community Day on Stoney Creek Saturday, June 11, 3 to 7 p.m. The event includes free food, children’s activities, door prizes and blessing bags and is located at 1239 Big Stoney Creek Road in Fort Blackmore. Gate City United Pentecostal Church is having its annual yard sale Thursday, June 9 and Friday, June […]
Local Resident Named to Berea College Dean’s List
Natasha Caldwell, a resident of Gate City, has been named to the spring 2022 Dean’s List at Berea College. A student is named to the Dean’s List who achieves a GPA of 3.4 or higher while passing at least four total credits, a course load equivalent to 16 semester hours. All students are required to work at least 10 hours […]
Retired Teachers Association Awards 2022 Scholarships
Scott County Retired Teachers Association recently awarded a total of $4,350 in academic scholarships to six outstanding Scott County high school graduating seniors in the amount of $725 each. Those receiving scholarships at Gate City High School were Kevin Kai-Wei Ni and Sydney Alexis Vaughn. Ni is the son of Tian Zhen Ni and Mei Fen Dong of Weber City. […]
Faith FOCUS
What caused the disciples to burst out of the locked upper room on the day of Pentecost?They entered the roomfilled with fear and left it throwingfire. Jesus said he “came to cast fire on the earth.” Luke 12:49. Tongues offire appeared and came to rest on each of them. Acts 2:3They burst out proclaiming Jesus Christ , and all could […]
Southwest VA Museum to Host Children’s Summer Music Camp
The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park announces dates for their Children’s Summer Music Camp. The camp will seek to preserve important Appalachian mountain music heritage by offering classes in fiddle, old time banjo and guitar. The camp will begin Monday, June 13 and will run through Friday, June 17, from 9 a.m. until noon for students ages 8 to […]
Rotary Awards Four Scholarships to Graduating Seniors
Four graduating seniors in Scott County have been awarded $3,000 scholarships provided by the Rotary Club of Scott County to continue their academic careers. The Rotary Club scholarships are presented to graduating high school seniors who have excelled in their high school years and have demonstrated a commitment to excellent. The scholarship is broken down over three years with $1,000 […]
MEOC’s Senior Cool Care Accepting Applications
Older persons in need of emergency cooling assistance this summer may find it through Mountain Empire Older Citizens’ Senior Cool Care program. The program, which runs from June 1 to Sept. 30, distributes a limited number of fans or air conditioners to older individuals with cooling needs on a first- come, first-served basis. To qualify, an individual must: be at […]
Local Resident Graduates from JMU
Lucindy Lawson of Duffield graduated with a master’s degree in education from James Madison University during commencement exercises in May 2022. Lawson was among 4,574 students who received undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Gate City Falls to Battle in Region 2D Baseball Finale
In the Region 2D Tournament Championship last Friday, Gate City was unable to overcome an early lead by John Battle to finish as runners-up in Region 2D baseball. Despite the loss, the Devils advanced to the Class 2 state playoffs where they had a long road trip to Appomattox County yesterday evening. In Friday’s game at Boyce Cox Field in […]
