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Hampton: Infant dies days after crash with drunk 14-year-old at the wheel
A 14-year-old girl is facing serious charges after driving intoxicated in a crash that killed a one-year-old child.
AR-15s, iced paintball: Locals post online threats to Staunton No Kings protesters
An AFP reader shared with us a Facebook thread in which two people posted threats of violence to people planning to attend the No Kings rally in Staunton on Saturday.
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Virginia State Police: Harrisonburg man dead after crash near Skyline Drive
A Harrisonburg man is dead after a crash on U.S. 33, approximately one mile east of the Skyline Drive, on Thursday night.
Two injured, including trooper, in multi-state pursuit of white Range Rover overnight
Two people were injured in Virginia, including a state trooper, in a pursuit that also extended into Washington and Maryland.
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What are we accomplishing with No Kings? Nothing locally, that’s for sure
Local Democrats, and Democrats nationwide, will hold their first mass anti-Trump No Kings protest of 2026 this weekend. And what will we accomplish? Asking for a friend, because I’m not sure we’re getting much of value out of these things.
Viral video revisits controversial 2022 Augusta County Courthouse referendum
A video on the 2022 Augusta County Courthouse referendum posted online by James Burnett, an Augusta County resident and Iraq War veteran, is drawing tons of traffic on his YouTube channel.
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UVA Basketball: Griff Aldrich leaving Odom’s staff for Pepperdine job
Griff Aldrich is leaving UVA Basketball after one season as college teammate Ryan Odom’s right-hand man, to take the head coaching job at Pepperdine.
‘Hoos in the Sweet 16: What UVA Basketball fans need to know about TCU
Work with me here, because I’m trying to teach myself, on the fly, how to do a decent analytical preview for a women’s basketball game, to do justice to this weekend’s Sweet 16 game for the UVA Basketball program.
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Economic fallout from Iran war to be felt months after it ends, whenever that is
If the war in Iran ended today, the impact on our economy would still be felt months out, according to Virginia Tech economics expert David Bieri.
Lynchburg: Customers at eight businesses may have been unlawfully filmed
Lynchburg Police have now identified seven additional businesses where customers may have been unlawfully recorded this year.
UVA Basketball: We found another NCAA Tournament flight on an ICE Air plane
The ICE Air flight that the NCAA provided to the UVA Basketball team for its trip to Sacramento to the Sweet 16 on Wednesday wasn’t the first for our women’s team on one of these detention and deportation planes.
MLB: Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles record Opening Day wins
Our two local MLB teams, the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles, each notched wins in their Opening Day games, and yes, it’s early for Opening Day, with April 1 still a few days away.
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Financial challenges facing households in Virginia and how people respond
Residents of Virginia try to learn on their own how to spend money wisely and increase their income, even with high living expenses.
What educational skills really help in business?
Discover which academic skills truly transfer to the workplace and what business skills students should start developing before graduation.
