Meeting the moment: Kenny Lee proud to be first African American mayor in Waynesboro
Kenny Lee was overcome with emotion after he was chosen by City Council members to serve as the Waynesboro mayor on Monday night.
Kenny Lee was overcome with emotion after he was chosen by City Council members to serve as the Waynesboro mayor on Monday night.

A Southwest Virginia man now faces charges similar to his brother for their actions in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Valley Community Services Board is on the hunt for property again for a crisis center after neighbors voiced opposition to the location.
Members of Waynesboro City Council selected a new mayor and vice mayor at an organizational meeting Monday night.
Community members turned out at an informational meeting to voice opposition to a proposed mental health crisis center in Fishersville.

Waynesboro City Council members will choose the mayor and vice mayor at an organizational meeting tonight.

Most people don’t go to funerals on New Year’s Eve, but we did, because that’s the way things went in 2024. It was an unexpected funeral, for the mother of one of my wife’s (Caitlin’s) childhood friends.
How much is Dai Dai Ames in UVA Basketball coach Ron Sanchez’s doghouse? Andrew Rohde, who replaced Ames as the starting point guard, was battling the flu ahead of Saturday’s game at Stanford, and Sanchez still started Rohde over Ames.
Wondering what to expect from the government in 2025? So far, it looks like it will be more of the same ill-advised, costly, greedy, taxpayer-funded, dunderheaded power grabs.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, made a lasting impact on environmental policy. His robust initiatives to protect natural resources and advance clean energy established the foundation for environmental policy in subsequent decades.
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