The Louisa County High School Class of 2013 is preparing this week to wrap up the end of their high school careers, don their caps and gowns and collect their diplomas. Graduation of 326 seniors is scheduled for Friday, May 24 at the LCHS Stadium.  In the event of rain, the school has two alternate plans.  School officials are expected to make a decision this morning (Thursday, May 22), based

What do ancient Greece and Rome and the West African empire of Mali have to do with force, motion, energy and matter?  Well, nothing. So, when third grade students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School sat down on Thursday to take the science Standards of Learning (SOL) test, they were surprised to learn that history was on the menu. Candace Wilkerson, TJES principal, and Luanne Unruh, assistant superintendent for instruction at

Honoring their three seniors before the game—Kate Chisholm, McKenzie Riner and Brittany Wratchford—the Lady Lions enjoyed a relatively easy “Senior Night” victory by rolling over visiting Charlottesville High School 16-1 on Monday, May 13. “It’s always good to have a nice game on senior night.  These three seniors are very special to me. They have been in the program five years and this is my fifth year being on the

The William A. Cooke Foundation garnered yet another recognition for its ongoing community-based contributions as members of the Louisa Court House Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and guests gathered in the Purcell Gallery of the Louisa Arts Center on Wednesday, April 24. The foundation was honored with a DAR National Society Historic Preservation Recognition Award for the preservation of the Cooke Building. “We honor the