When the earthquake shook Louisa County residents in August of 2011, Louisa County High School was damaged to such an extent that students would never pass through those front doors again. In those unsettling days,  when aftershocks set residents on edge for months, Louisa County Public Schools leaders made arrangements for the high school to share classrooms at Louisa County Middle School. High school students attended Monday, Wednesday and Friday,

There is an old saying that “Behind every good man is a good woman,” and that holds true behind the scenes at the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office. Lori McLaughlin, Dawn Moore and Teresa Lowe are the women that keep things moving smoothly at the department. McLaughlin, who started out as a dispatcher, has been the records administrator since 1991, and Lowe is her part-time assistant.  Moore joined them as an

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