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NEW: Waynesboro: Kelvin Washington drops out of Ward C School Board race
Kelvin Washington is ending his campaign for the Ward C seat on the Waynesboro School Board, amid revelations of actions on the part of supporters to advance false accusations against his opponent, the incumbent in Ward C, Debra Freeman.
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Staunton NAACP on police shooting: ‘Transparency is not the enemy of a fair investigation’
The Staunton Branch NAACP is taking up the basic question that a lot of folks have been asking regarding the officer-involved shooting at the Staunton Walmart on Tuesday night: what happened?
Nelson County: State Police looking for answers in 2005 hit-and-run
Virginia State Police is trying to revive a 2005 cold case in which a Nelson County teenager was killed in a hit-and-run.
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Grants will help Creative Works Farm expand programs for people with disabilities
The Tess Majors Foundation, a project near and dear to our hearts here at AFP, and the Devine-Majors Foundation are partnering to help a local nonprofit expand its signature summer day camp program for children and adults with disabilities and at-risk youth.
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Beth Macy commits to Mountain Gateway joint forum: What about Ben Cline?
Mountain Gateway Community College and the Alleghany Highland Chamber of Commerce have extended invitations to Ben Cline and Beth Macy for a Community Conversation that would be held on Oct. 14 in Clifton Forge.
Staunton: Are the new Bigbelly trash cans being used to spy on us?
A reader wrote to ask if I knew about the City of Staunton installing Bigbelly trash cans on city sidewalks that appear to be connected to the cloud.
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Live Coverage: Virginia hosts Delaware on UVA Strong Day
Virginia is a 20.5-point favorite heading into its Week 4 matchup with Delaware, which is 2-1 at this point in the 2026 season, with an FCS win, a come-from-ahead loss at Vanderbilt, and a win over Coastal Carolina.
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My one-man boycott of the NFL over genocide isn’t going to work, but anyway
I’m through the first week of my one-man boycott of the NFL, which, admittedly, is making about as much a dent on the league’s bottom line as any other act of a single person yelling into the endless void would be expected to do.
Tim Kaine votes no on Protect College Sports Act: Bill ‘not ready for primetime’
Tim Kaine signaled that he’s a no vote on the so-called Protect College Sports Act, with a nay vote on a procedural measure on Tuesday that sets the legislation up for a U.S. Senate floor vote.
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Jim Wood defends Pete Buttplug slur: ‘My best friend growing up is a lesbian in Atlanta’
Credit to News Leader reporter Lyra Bordelon for asking Jim Wood straight up this week about the “Pete Buttplug” controversy that got Waynesboro into the national headlines back in 2023. In the course of an interview for what was otherwise a puff piece about Wood’s re-election campaign, Bordelon made sure to get Wood, who won...
Grants will help Creative Works Farm expand programs for people with disabilities
The Tess Majors Foundation, a project near and dear to our hearts here at AFP, and the Devine-Majors Foundation are partnering to help a local nonprofit expand its signature summer day camp program for children and adults with disabilities and at-risk youth. The two foundations have committed $200,000 toward a project at Creative Works Farm...
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