Crystal Graham: Top stories in 2024 focused on animals, mental health, housing
In case you missed them, Crystal Graham prepared a roundup of her top stories from 2024 on Augusta Free Press.
In case you missed them, Crystal Graham prepared a roundup of her top stories from 2024 on Augusta Free Press.

In Staunton and Waynesboro, a new face will soon bang the gavel as mayor with the support of his or her fellow City Council members.

This year, Christmas happened to fall on a Wednesday night, so you know what that means. Last night was the special “Dynamite on 34th Street” edition of Wednesday Night “Dynamite.”

The Metro Richmond Zoo is leaning into the popular holiday tune “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” to announce a birth.
A 22-year-old driver led Virginia State Police on a pursuit after an initial stop on Interstate 95 southbound in Stafford County.

White working-class evangelicals voted en masse for Donald Trump to give a platform to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to call them “lazy,” “mediocre” and “retarded.”
Remember the 27-second press conference with Jim Larrañaga after Miami had lost 60-38 to the UVA Basketball team back in February?
Augusta County Administrator Tim Fitzgerald made the call on Nov. 15 to terminate the contract with a Roanoke-based consultant that the county had hired in 2023.
A slumlord who took advantage of Black renters in Hampton and Newport News was sentenced to 17 years in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and race-based interference with housing and employment.
Waynesboro City Council will decide the fate of cottage court housing to address affordability issues at its Jan. 13 organizational meeting.
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