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Former Albemarle County Schools employee indicted on nine new sexual battery charges
Albemarle County Police have obtained nine additional aggravated sexual battery charges against a former social and emotional learning coach at two county elementary schools.
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Harrisonburg: City moving forward with plans to replace Fire Station #4
The City of Harrisonburg announced Monday that it is moving forward with plans to replace Fire Station #4, the primary emergency services facility serving Downtown Harrisonburg.
Missing person: Charlottesville Police searching for woman last seen on Aug. 24
The Charlottesville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating 24-year-old Anna Sophia Kissler, who was reported missing on Sept. 28.
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Trump thinks a $90 payment to Medicare recipients will buy their vote
An AFP reader noticed an unexpected $90 deposit had been made to his bank account on Monday, supposedly from the U.S. Treasury, and worried that someone had hacked the account.
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Citizens group wants to get local law enforcement to quit using mobile ALPRs
A citizens group is trying to build momentum toward getting the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office to remove the Axon automatic license plate readers currently in use in ACSO vehicles.
Media Beat: Our local news desert is one reporter more deserted now
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about how us folks in Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro live in what the media analysts call a “news desert,” with a dearth of local journalists serving our 130,000-resident market area.
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UVA Basketball: Catching up with former ‘Hoo Armaan Franklin in Germany
It doesn’t take Armaan Franklin long to pick out the highlight of his time in Charlottesville.
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UVA Football: How much did we pay for those two guarantee games?
Forbes reported that Florida State paid out $1.4 million to New Mexico State for the programs’ Week 0 game, and that Ohio State paid $1.9 million (!) to Ball State for their game in Week 1.
ACC Football: The select panel announces Players of the Week for Week 5
Somehow, some way, the mysterious select panel responsible for honoring the ACC Football Players of the Week only saw fit to put two guys from Florida State on the main line.
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Staunton: Event on Saturday to commemorate restoration of Shea House
A two-year effort to restore a 19th century home associated with an important African American cemetery in Staunton is nearly complete.
UVA Football: Tony Elliott not considering QB change ‘at this point’
UVA Football coach Tony Elliott is hitching his wagon to the guy he told at the beginning of the summer was going to be his starting QB.
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