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The title of Miss Louisa will be determined on Saturday, March 8 at the Louisa Arts Center as local young ladies exhibit their talents to the judges.

Annual Miss Louisa Pageant this weekend

Posted on March 7, 2014 at 9:00 am

Twelve Louisa County High School students will compete for the title of Miss Louisa on Saturday, March 8.  The pageant will begin at 6 p.m. at the Louisa Arts Center, located at 212 Fredericksburg Avenue, Louisa. The doors open at 5 p.m. and admission is $5. Each contestant will be judged on their interview prior to the pageant, stage presence and an on-stage question.  The pageant will also feature a

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The title of Miss Louisa will be determined on Saturday, March 8 at the Louisa Arts Center as local young ladies exhibit their talents to the judges.

Annual Miss Louisa Pageant this weekend

Posted on March 7, 2014 at 9:00 am

Twelve Louisa County High School students will compete for the title of Miss Louisa on Saturday, March 8.  The pageant will begin at 6 p.m. at the Louisa Arts Center, located at 212 Fredericksburg Avenue, Louisa. The doors open at 5 p.m. and admission is $5. Each contestant will be judged on their interview prior to the pageant, stage presence and an on-stage question.  The pageant will also feature a

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  • 4-H Targeteers Shooting Education Club information meeting

    Posted on March 6, 2014 at 9:00 am

    You are invited to participate in the Louisa/Fluvanna 4-H Targeteers Shooting Education Club for youth ages 9-18! There will be an informational meeting on Sunday, March 9 at 2:30 p.m. at Zion United Methodist Church, located at 1674 Zion Rd, Troy, VA 22974. The 4-H Shooting Education Program strives to teach safe and responsible use of firearms and archery equipment including sound decision making, self-discipline and concentration and to promote the highest standards of

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  • Man dies in Louisa house fire

    Posted on March 6, 2014 at 9:00 am

    A mobile home owned by John Lanham and Victoria Corbin went up in flames on Sunday, March 2. Volunteer fire departments were called to the scene, where one man was found dead inside the home and a woman was rushed to a medical center for second degree burns. The fire remains under investigation.

    As the cold and rain began to settle in over Louisa County on Sunday, March 2, fire crews were called to a home in the 1000 block of Doctors Road around 5 p.m., where a fire had begun to engulf a mobile home, claimed the life of a man and injured a woman. Authorities are not releasing the names of the victims at this time. According to the Louisa County

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Sports

Junior Katie Harlow will be counted on as a powerful hitter, commanding pitcher and deft shortstop this season for Louisa. Photo by Chan Powell

Coming out swinging

Posted on March 6, 2014 at 9:00 am

It never seems to be about rebuilding for Louisa’s softball team. The more appropriate term would be reloading. But after losing three key players from last year’s 14-4 team, graduating seniors Brittany Wratchford, McKenzie Riner and Katelyn Chisholm, fourth-year head coach Dan Barrett knows there’s plenty to be replaced as the team begins holding practices for the upcoming season. “As a coaching staff, we’ve been looking at different ways, and

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  • Hole in one: tourny held at local disc golf course

    Posted on March 3, 2014 at 9:00 am

    Justin Shiflett of Chester set his sights on the seventh hole pin. Shiflett’s score of 113 was good for eighth place in the tournament’s advanced amateur level. Photo by Katie Lutero

    When Spotsylvania native John Biscoe designed and installed a nine-hole disc golf course through the heavily wooded terrain behind The Betty J. Queen Center in Louisa in August of 2012, he hoped that one day the course would hold events sanctioned by the Professional Disc Golf Association. Biscoe didn’t have to wait long. On Saturday, Feb. 22, the first ever Betty Queen Open was held, with 40 highly skilled competitors

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  • Grapplers place at state level

    Posted on February 28, 2014 at 9:00 am

    Senior Gavin Tingen (160 lb) and sophomore Jeffrey Sisk (113 lb) ended their wrestling season in impressive fashion this past weekend, with both wrestlers taking third place in their respective weight classes at the Virginia 4A State Wrestling Championship at the Salem Civic Center. Their performances bring an end to one of the most successful wrestling seasons in school memory. “It was a pretty cool experience. I expected to do

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Lifestyles

Bo Bice serenaded the crowd with a combination of original songs, classic rock staples and the comedic tales of his life on the road.

Idol runner-up takes center stage at Louisa Arts Center

Posted on March 6, 2014 at 9:00 am

The long brown locks may be gone, but the voice that made him one of American Idol’s most popular contestants still remains. Bo Bice, runner up to Carrie Underwood in the show’s fourth season in 2005, entertained a packed house at the Louisa Arts Center on Friday, Feb. 28 with an eclectic set list that featured Bice’s own take on classic rock songs, original songs and humorous stories of his

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  • Law enforcement’s most loyal officers

    Posted on March 3, 2014 at 9:00 am

    Master trainer Armin Winkler (l) pretends to be a suspect caught by Diesel during one of his training sessions with his handler Deputy Jay Hensley.

    The Louisa County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit trains hard  to catch the ‘bad guys’ They are the fastest, most intimidating and loyal officers working for the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office and, according to Captain Jack Poindexter, they are an intricate part of the patrol division. Ask any resident of Louisa County and most can name at least one bloodhound of the K-9 division, but if you ask for the name

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  • A second calling

    Posted on February 20, 2014 at 11:49 am

    Following 17 years in child care, Ray Arnette decided to serve his community through law enforcement. He has been with Louisa County Sheriff’s Office since 2005.

    Treating people with dignity and respect is what Black History month means to one Louisa County law enforcement officer. “I think about Dr. Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela who preached basically about all [people] getting along, helping each other during this journey in life, not about skin color, race or sex,” Sgt. Ray Arnette of the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office said. Arnette was born and raised in Louisa County

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Entertainment

Take a tour of Italy

Posted on March 3, 2014 at 9:00 am

Nawas International is putting together a tour of four Italian cities for March 2015 led by Dr. Michael Durham of Mineral Baptist Church.  The Highlights of Italy tour will visit Venice, Florence, Sorrento and Rome on an 11-day journey with stops at St. Mark’s Square, the Doges Palace and the Bridge of Sighs in Venice before heading to Pisa to visit the Leaning Tower and on to Florence the home

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  • Gators set to host 5K

    Posted on February 27, 2014 at 2:29 pm

    By Andrew Woolfolk   It is said that you must walk before you crawl. For the Louisa Gators, they must walk before they can swim. As a fundraiser for the team, which is set to enter its sixth season of competition this summer, the Gators will host their second annual and appropriately-named GatorAid 5K on Saturday, March 8. “It’s a fun day for everyone,” the event’s director Paige Delbridge said.

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  • Eighth annual Big Read at Louisa’s Jefferson-Madison Regional Library

    Posted on February 27, 2014 at 1:17 pm

    Jefferson-Madison Regional Library invites all readers to participate in an exciting program that will be held during March 2014. JMRL is partnering with the National Endowment for the Arts in The Big Read. The Big Read concept is simple–to have as many people as possible in our community reading the same book at the same time. This year, True Grit, by Charles Portis, will be the Big Read. JMRL will

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