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Staunton Police Chief issues nothingburger statement on Sept. 22 officer-involved shooting
Staunton Police Chief Jim Williams released a lengthy public statement today on the Sept. 22 officer-involved shooting of a Black man at the Staunton Walmart, and the TL;DR report that I can give you having read it is: we don’t know any more now after the statement than we did before.
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Beth Macy hosting ‘AI and the Workforce’ town hall in Staunton on Oct. 4
The big thing about AI, to me, isn’t so much the supposed 10 percent chance that it will kill us all by the end of the decade, as it is the 90 percent chance that the oligarchs haven’t thought through that it will take all of our jobs.
Augusta County Sheriff’s Office finally acknowledges ‘escaped inmate’ from last week
The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is finally acknowledging the “escaped inmate” that we’d been asking about from last week.
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State won’t close CCCA, but neither does it seem interested in fixing the problems there
A legislative commission isn’t changing its recommendation that Virginia should close the Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents in Staunton, but the Spanberger administration is following the lead of the Youngkin folks in resisting doing so.
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Denver Riggleman leads (Former) Republicans for Perriello rollout
Denver Riggleman is leading a new effort called Republicans for Tom Perriello, though, not trying to be cheeky here, Riggleman is about as much a Republican today as I am.
Kelvin Washington wanted another story: Probably shouldn’t have asked
The local political activist whose since-deleted Facebook video led to the unraveling of a Waynesboro School Board campaign was back with another video that he posted on Saturday in which he absolved Kelvin Washington.
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Game Preview: What UVA Football fans need to know about Florida State
The guy that scares me heading into Saturday, right off, is Ashton Daniels, the QB1 at Florida State.
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First look: UVA Football gets another Week 5 matchup with Florida State
Heading into Week 5 last season, the UVA Football program was feeling good, not quite great, but good, about itself, with a 3-1 record, and a chance to get some national love with a Top 10 Florida State team coming to Charlottesville.
UVA Basketball: ‘Hoos open exhibition schedule with sunny setback to Vanderbilt
It’s not even October yet, and we’ve already been given a glimpse of the new-look UVA Basketball team.
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Charlottesville Police investigating attempted home invasion: One intruder wounded
Charlottesville Police are investigating an apparent attempted home invasion in which a man exchanged gunfire with two intruders early Tuesday morning.
Game Preview: What UVA Football fans need to know about Florida State
The guy that scares me heading into Saturday, right off, is Ashton Daniels, the QB1 at Florida State.
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