News and Notes: Colt Cobana, Marty Jannetty, Scotty Riggs

Chris Graham

Has Colt Cobana heard from CM Punk? He says he hasn’t. A fan who met Cobana on a recent wrestling tour of India said Cobana talked about Punk being frustrated as the source of his departure from WWE. Cobana has said repeatedly since that he hasn’t heard from his good friend, and reiterated a line…

More on Lucha Libre AAA coming to U.S.

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It was announced today that Emmy Award(R)-winning producer Mark Burnett has partnered with visionary film director Robert Rodriguez’s El Rey Network to create a new sports business in the U.S. featuring high-flying lucha libre wrestling. The business begins with a weekly one-hour series featuring a new lucha libre league, premiering on El Rey Network the…

McAuliffe announces administration appointments

Chris Graham

Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe announced additional appointments to his administration today, including the appointment of Carlos Hopkins as Counsel to the Governor and additional appointments to the Governor’s Office and Cabinet. The appointees will join McAuliffe’s administration focused on finding common ground with members of both parties on issues that will grow Virginia’s economy and create more jobs across the Commonwealth.

Staunton Rotary Club sponsors student from Denmark for International Youth Exchange

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Oline Wolff-Sneedorff is a 16-year-old Rotary International Youth Exchange Student from Denmark. Now a junior at Robert E Lee High School in Staunton, where she participates in the language club, the Rotary Interact Club, cheerleading and track team, Wolff-Sneedorff hopes to play soccer for the school in the spring.