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NEW: Digging into the dirt on that dirty Waynesboro School Board politics story
The man who said in a since-deleted Facebook video that a Waynesboro School Board member had been let go from her job as the head of a city homeless shelter due to embezzlement has now retracted the accusation – and is telling us and the world that he was encouraged to go public with the false claim by the board member’s political rival and the head of a local nonprofit.
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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.
Waynesboro: Berkeley Glenn student took knife with 3½-inch blade to school
We had another potentially scary incident at a Waynesboro school on Wednesday, this time at Berkeley Glenn Elementary School, where a student reported to an instructional assistant that another student, who is 9 years old, had a knife in his desk.
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Missing 2-year-old in Cumberland County found alive, reunited with parents
A story that we’d been watching from afar, about a 2-year-old who went missing Thursday night in Cumberland County, had a welcome happy ending.
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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.
Waynesboro: Jim Wood dismisses concerns about Northrop Grumman pollution
Jim Wood, the former vice mayor of Waynesboro, known for his “Pete Buttplug” slur of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, doesn’t think the Northrop Grumman pollution issue is that big a deal.
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WWE moves weekly ‘Main Event’ show to alt-right streaming platform Rumble
On Thursday, WWE announced that its weekly digital series, “Main Event,” will begin airing exclusively on the streaming platform Rumble.
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Game preview: What UVA Football fans need to know about Delaware
Vegas has installed UVA Football as a 19.5-point favorite over Delaware this weekend, which seems high to me, the projected margin, given how last weekend went.
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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ACC Football: A long day of football, some of it good, ahead on Saturday
ACC Football, some of it even watchable, will fill the TV airwaves on Saturday, starting at noon ET and running well past midnight.
Field Hockey: #9 Virginia falls to 1-2 in the ACC with 3-0 loss to Syracuse
Ninth-ranked Virginia was shut out at home on Friday by ACC foe Syracuse, 3-0.
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