Posts Tagged Lexington

VMI faculty and students invent weapon to battle ticks

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on May 2, 2023

The tick rover picks up and kills 85-95% of the blood-sucking insects in treated areas. (Credit: VMI)

Spring is high season for ticks, and Virginia has 17 different kinds. Because they can carry Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and other dangerous conditions, the engineering department at the Virginia Military Institute has declared war on the bugs – using a robot to do battle. Sandy Hausman has that story.

Lexington, Tick, Tick-borne illness, VMI

Dealing With A Confederate Past is Nothing New to Lexington

Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on September 12, 2017

A statue commemorating Stonewall Jackson on VMI’s campus in Lexington. (Credit: Rob / Flickr)

Cities across the country are grappling with removing Confederate symbols. And perhaps nowhere is Confederate past and present more intertwined than in Lexington. Jessie Knadler looks at how the issues that spilled over into violence in Charlottesville last month have been playing out in Lexington for years.