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Waynesboro School Board race off the rails with legally dubious video accusation

The race for the Ward C seat on the Waynesboro School Board has devolved into dirty politics, with a public supporter of challenger Kelvin Washington throwing a false and potentially libelous accusation at the two-term incumbent, Debra Freeman, regarding her time as the executive director of a local homeless shelter.

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Nelson County: State Police looking for answers in 2005 hit-and-run

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62-year-old Augusta County man arrested, in custody on child sex charges

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office announced an arrest in a child sex case on Thursday.

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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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Waynesboro School Board race off the rails with legally dubious video accusation

The race for the Ward C seat on the Waynesboro School Board has devolved into dirty politics.

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ACC Football: Just one weeknight game this week, late night on the Left Coast

Week 4 of ACC Football has just one pre-Saturday game, and it’s a late-night affair, our best version of Pac 12 After Dark – Bill Walton, we miss you.

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Golf: UVA’s Jaclyn LaHa leads ‘Hoos to win at Canadian Collegiate Invitational

UVA Golf fourth-year Jaclyn LaHa followed a stellar opening day with a final-round 1-over 73 to win the Canadian Collegiate Invitational at Beacon Hall Golf Course on Tuesday.

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UVA Basketball: Roussell hires UVA alum Damin Altizer to coaching staff

Damin Altizer, a Millboro native and Bath County High School alum who was a walk-on with the UVA Basketball team in the 2006-2007 season, has been hired to the staff of women’s head coach Aaron Roussell as director of player development.

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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.

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1,000 Miles for 1,000 Lights: Group riding to raise money to give light to those in need

A group raising money for Watts of Love, which works to literally bring light, in the form of sustainable solar light, to people in parts of the world without electricity, will be riding through the Shenandoah Valley next week on its fourth annual 1,000 Miles for 1,000 Lights ride.

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Staunton: Are the new Bigbelly trash cans being used to spy on us?

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Grand jury indicts Charlottesville man in two alleged assaults of federal cops

A Charlottesville man already under indictment in a child sex case is facing fresh charges involving the alleged assault of federal cops.

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Beth Macy on proposed Roanoke data center: ‘Congress must get involved’

Beth Macy is free and clear to stick up for the 75 percent of us who don’t want data centers in our backyard.

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My one-man boycott of the NFL over genocide isn’t going to work, but anyway

I’m through the first week of my one-man boycott of the NFL, which, admittedly, is making about as much a dent on the league’s bottom line as any other act of a single person yelling into the endless void would be expected to do.

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Game preview: What UVA Football fans need to know about Delaware

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ACC Football: Just one weeknight game this week, late night on the Left Coast

Week 4 of ACC Football has just one pre-Saturday game, and it’s a late-night affair, our best version of Pac 12 After Dark – Bill Walton, we miss you.

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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’s Week 3 football honorees arrive with impressive numbers and zero panel transparency

The Atlantic Coast Conference's weekly player honors for Week 3 landed Monday. The list itself is hard to argue with.

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