‘Focus on good governance:’ Michele Edwards is running for Staunton City Council
Michele Edwards is running for one of three seats on Staunton City Council in November’s election.
Michele Edwards is running for one of three seats on Staunton City Council in November’s election.
The student paper at my alma mater, the University of Virginia, wants the school to distance itself from its founder, Thomas Jefferson, by removing his name from buildings and memorials to him from the Grounds.
Median household income in Petersburg is $43,209, 56.6 percent of the state average, and the poverty rate there is 22.9 percent, more than double the average statewide.

The FredNats earned a series split Sunday in Lynchburg behind a strong start by Jose Atencio and three runs from Jared McKenzie. Fredericksburg controlled the game from the outset en route to a 4-1 victory.
MicroGEM, a Charlottesville-based molecular biology company, announced that it is providing saliva tests to The Health Wagon to provide free testing at its Move Mountains Medical Mission under way this week at the Wise County Fairgrounds.

Former AEW world champ Kenny Omega made his return Wednesday on “Dynamite” in a trios match with his long-time partners, The Young Bucks, though you have to wonder how ready he is for a full-time run.

ESPN got a damn good deal for the SEC, in retrospect. That’s the take from the news that the Big Ten has come to a seven-year media rights agreement with Fox, CBS and NBC that will pay the conference an average of $1 billion a year.

Albemarle County Police and Albemarle County Fire and Rescue responded to a call for a suspected body in the Rivanna River between Riverbend Drive and Free Bridge Saturday morning.

The CDC has streamlined its COVID-19 guidance to help people better understand their risk, how to protect themselves and others, what actions to take if exposed to COVID-19, and what actions to take if they are sick or test positive for the virus.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has called Donald Trump’s bluff, indicating Thursday that the Department of Justice has filed a motion in a Florida federal court to unseal a search warrant it had obtained related to an ongoing investigation into top-secret documents believed to be in the former president’s possession.
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