Race issues dog Allen

Chris Graham

The Top Story by Chris Graham   A group of former University of Virginia football teammates of U.S. Sen. George Allen alleges that the former quarterback regularly used the n-word to refer to African-Americans. A second group of the Republican’s former teammates has stepped up to say that this is not true. Meanwhile, the state’s…

Fat chance

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Isn’t it weird how much we worry about the fact that we’re fat? And don’t think that we don’t all spend way too much time on this. “Hannah says I’m fat,” my 7-year-old niece Rachel said, referring to criticisms from her sister, who is exactly one pound lighter,…

I’m only happy when it rains

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham What was with all the dampness yesterday morning? Seriously, it was like the sky was crying or something. I don’t get it. Every day, the big yellow ball rises in the east, sets in the west. These things that some people call clouds float in the sky –…

‘E-C-W! E-C-W! E-C-W!’

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham ECW at its height was the antithesis of what professional wrestling has become – corporate, antiseptic, formulaic. The question of the summer is – how can the people who pioneered the concept of corporate, antiseptic, formulaic wrestling possibly do justice to the memory of the ECW revolution?

A day at the beach

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham   “When can we go back in the river?” my niece Hannah asked me. Or maybe it was her twin sister, Rachel. It was one of them. Anyway, we weren’t anywhere near a river at the time the question was posed. Instead, we were at the beach –…

A toast to my good health

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “The question that I’ve been getting is, Is the best man still married? Or did his wife end up leaving him after that toast that he made?” My best friend from college, Jay, got married last month – and given that he was my best friend, and more…

Chance of showers?

Chris Graham

Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “This is fun … I’m sitting in a bowl of soup.” This was my feeling this weekend when my shower went on the fritz. Except for the occasional relaxation soak, I hadn’t taken a serious bath in, well, forever. I know why now.

Ward D candidates address West End fire station issue

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham Residents of Waynesboro’s West End have been asking the question for 20 years now. Where is that fire station that you promised us? The answer is not what they have been wanting to hear. “We’re going to eventually need a West End fire station. The biggest problem is budgetary,” Ward C…