Culture

The Hart Motor Co. building has been lauded as a rare surviving example of the retro-futuristic Googie style of architecture that was popular in roadside attractions of the day.

A hundred animals were seized from the Rockbridge County zoo in December. A weeklong trial was held to determine where they end up.

The 19th-century town of Cedar Grove has scarce few records tracing its existence. Two Rockbridge County residents are bringing new light to how the iron-forging community lived.

Fifth day of trial over whether state can seize the zoo’s animal focuses on whether the giraffes are kept “in prison” or whether they’re well cared for.

The trial, which will determine the fate of nearly 100 animals, was scheduled to end Thursday but will now extend through Friday and likely into the first week of March.

A gibbon and a blue-tongued skink that were removed from the Rockbridge County zoo in December later died. A trial is underway to determine whether the state can seize animals from the zoo.

Ed Clark previously was superintendent at Gettysburg National Military Park. He’ll be in Salem on Thursday for the ribbon-cutting for a new shuttle service to McAfee Knob.

The Rockbridge County zoo is the subject of a civil trial this week to determine the fate of 100 animals seized by the state late last year. It was revealed in court that the zoo is also the subject of criminal investigations.

The Glade Spring School in Washington County taught Black children in the decades before desegregation. Supporters hope the marker will bring more attention to the history, and funding to repurpose the building.

A Halifax group is launching a design contest for the anticipated statue of Henrietta Lacks, who became known as “the mother of modern medicine” for her unwitting contribution to genetic research.