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Thought exercise: How Waynesboro is different, if Augusta Free Press never existed
It says a lot about the state of the news media today that our region with 130,000 residents and the square mileage of a U.S. state has a single dying daily print newspaper with three reporters on its staff and a scrappy online news source with two.
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UVA Football: Tony Elliott filibusters his way through a 14-minute answer to a question
If there is a god in heaven above us, we soon won’t have a few reporters in a room with Tony Elliott each Tuesday throwing the UVA Football head coach questions that he doesn’t want to have to answer.
UVA Basketball Notebook: Adekunle adjusts to U.S. game, tempo on overdrive
It’s hard to think of Nolan Adekunle, a 24-year-old who played in German pro leagues for three seasons before joining the UVA Basketball program, as a freshman.
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Mennonite kidnapping trial: Valerie Hayes, co-defendant, will have separate trials
Valerie Perfect Hayes and co-defendant Gary Blake Reburn have been granted separate trials following a ruling on arguments made during a September pretrial hearing in Charlottesville federal court.
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Judge finds Augusta County realtor Amy Argenbright guilty of two felonies
Staunton: Police searching for teen who has been missing since Oct. 18
How much are we spending to add an extra lane to I-81 in Staunton?
Developing: Plumber charged in abduction, death of Waynesboro man
Staunton: Justice for Puff and Leroy, two dogs left to die in squalor
Virginia
VDOT humble brags about being ready for winter snow: Good for them
VDOT sent everybody in the media a release today bragging about how it’s ready for the winter snow season, which, fine, but can I just say, I’m not?
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Virginia DMV launches anti-distracted driver campaign that it’s calling ‘Open Your Eyes’
Pittsylvania County: Sheriff’s deputy plows into passenger vehicle on Route 29
VADOC kept close tabs on sex offenders on Halloween, to keep kids safe
Health insurance premiums too high? Check out the Virginia Premium Savings program
Botetourt County suit challenges local government on data center vote
Politics
Pete Hegseth, facing impeachment, insists he was just following orders
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, trying to head off an impeachment effort in the lame-duck U.S. House, insisted on Tuesday that “every one” of the military missions under his watch now under scrutiny “was a lawful operation ordered by the commander-in-chief,” which critics are saying comes across as the Nuremberg defense.
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Trump: ‘Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest’
PR firm sends us release touting MAGA’s DEI hire, Harmeet Dhillon
We need to convince Beth Macy to try again in the Sixth District in 2028
Augusta County voters: A resounding ‘no’ on the school construction tax
Waynesboro corrects its 2022 Jim Wood mistake, returns Sam Hostetter to City Council
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UVA Basketball
UVA Basketball: Odom able to get minutes for bench guys in win over Bucknell
UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom wanted to get some good run for his bench guys Tuesday night against Bucknell, and his starters did their job to give him that opportunity.
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UVA Basketball Notebook: Adekunle adjusts to U.S. game, tempo on overdrive
UVA Basketball: #6 ‘Hoos take care of Bucknell, 95-61, on ACC After Dark
UVA Basketball: Win in heavyweight matchup wasn’t one for the birds
UVA Basketball: Inside the numbers from #9 Virginia’s win over #12 Arkansas
UVA Basketball: Elijah Gertrude emerging as Virginia’s bench ‘Superman’
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UVA Football: Tony Elliott filibusters his way through a 14-minute answer to a question
We’re not long from the press conferences that really don’t offer anything of value anyway going the way of the weekly TV coaches shows – remember those relics of the ‘80s, with the likes of George Welsh sitting in a studio on a Sunday morning grumbling his way through highlights of yesterday’s game?
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UVA Football: First look at Cal, which is absolutely a must-win game
UVA Football: No change at QB, per Elliott, which, really, no surprise there
UVA Football: Schedule updates from the ACC for the final two home games
UVA Football: What is the issue with all the guys on the injury report each week?
What I’m hearing about what the UVA Football money people are thinking
Sports
‘Hall of Fame’ co-host Brad Gilmore on his new book, ‘Making the Towns’
The road to champagne dreams and caviar wishes isn’t paved overnight. For Brad Gilmore, it’s been 15 years of measured progress and constant redefinition, allowing his love for cinema and professional wrestling to guide his course.
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College Football Playoff expanding to 24: ACC Championship Game axed
Richmond basketball player Jack McCaffery diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma
VCU drops heartbreaker at Memphis on free throws in final seconds, 89-88
Broadway, Virginia Tech grad had a Rocky Mountain summer with the Rockies
Pro Wrestling Power Rankings: This week’s Top 10, post-‘Crown Jewel’
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Richmond couple gets jail time for bilking Medicaid out of a million bucks
A Richmond couple is getting jail time for orchestrating a scheme to overbill Medicaid for mental health services to the tune of nearly a million dollars, and using the money to purchase luxury cars, fund a vegan restaurant and make lease payments on their residence. Erica Jackson, 39, was sentenced on Tuesday to four years...
Pause to Protect coalition calls for moratorium on data center construction
A coalition of environmental groups is calling for a moratorium on new data center construction in Virginia until developers can show that they can meet specific environmental goals and standards on clean energy, water use and transparency.
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UVA Football: Tony Elliott filibusters his way through a 14-minute answer to a question
If there is a god in heaven above us, we soon won’t have a few reporters in a room with Tony Elliott each Tuesday throwing the UVA Football head coach questions that he doesn’t want to have to answer.
UVA Basketball Notebook: Adekunle adjusts to U.S. game, tempo on overdrive
It’s hard to think of Nolan Adekunle, a 24-year-old who played in German pro leagues for three seasons before joining the UVA Basketball program, as a freshman.
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