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UVA Football: List of high-profile arrests of players dating back to the ’80s
The news of the arrest of a UVA Football player, Solomon Beebe, last week, got me to undertake an exercise that turned out to be more work than I would have imagined: chronicling the high-profile arrests of guys from our football program over the years.
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Two women found dead at Bristol hotel; police arrest suspect after shootout
Two women were found dead at an Extended Stay America Suites in Bristol, and a suspect is in custody – after firing dozens of rounds at police.
Charlotte-area doctor charged in road rage shooting on Interstate 77
It seems that a woman driving a Jeep cut off a 61-year-old Charlotte man driving a Mercedes-Benz on Interstate 77 in Carroll County, in the Fancy Gap area near the Virginia-North Carolina border, last night.
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New Trump tariffs on Canada will hit Virginia business, industry pretty hard
Virginia exported $2.9 billion in goods to Canada, our single-largest export market, in 2025.
Ben Cline pretends to listen to farmers, as Valley beef industry struggles to keep up
Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline posted to his socials on Sunday about a listening session with the Virginia Farm Bureau that gave him the opportunity to “hear directly from the farmers who feed and fuel our Commonwealth.”
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UVA Football: Free tickets for Charlottesville City Schools families, staff
If you were wondering how ticket sales were going for the UVA Football season opener, which is five days away, well.
UVA Football: Don’t count on Jacob Holmes, Cazeem Moore being available this season
The Jacob Holmes-Cazeem Moore story has taken a predictable twist, with the two UVA Football alums apparently back on the outs in the wake of a federal appeals court ruling.
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RIP: Richmond’s Ron Cromartie, who trained future world champ Swerve Strickland
Ron Cromartie, who wrestled in the Mid-Atlantic as The Pharaoh, and trained a future world champ, Swerve Strickland, passed away earlier this week.
Tony DeMacio: From Riverheads Football coach to the Atlanta Braves scouting director
When Tony DeMacio landed his first full-time baseball scouting job, with the Atlanta Braves, he was given a list of amateur players to follow in New England for the spring of 1984.
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VADOC intercepts drone delivery into Sussex I State Prison, seizes $324K in contraband
The Virginia Department of Corrections is investigating the attempt by somebody on the outside to drop $324,000 worth of contraband via drone into the Sussex I State Prison in the early hours of Monday.
Chesterfield County: State trooper injured in work-zone accident on I-95
A Virginia State Police trooper and a driver were injured in a work-zone accident on Interstate 95 in Chesterfield County on Monday night.
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