Brown scores 29 to lead Liberty

Chris Graham

   Staff Report Liberty U. sports: www.libertyflames.com The weather outside the Millis Center Saturday afternoon was cold and snowy, but Liberty remained hot, extending its winning streak to eight. Devon Brown and Avery Warley both posted career-high point totals during the Lady Flames’ come-from-behind 75-62 win over Big South co-leader High Point. Brown, a 2008…

Another new forecast

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   Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The hard-to-get-a-handle-on winter storm hitting Virginia today is now expected to bring 6 to 12 inches of snow to Augusta County, Staunton and Waynesboro, according to the latest report from the National Weather Service. The area remains under a Winter Storm Warning through 11 p.m. Saturday. The snow is…

Slight change in forecast: 3 to 5 inches of snow tomorrow

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  Staff Report News tips: [email protected] The National Weather Service has pulled back its Winter Storm Watch for the Greater Augusta area in favor of a new Winter Weather Advisory that is now in effect for Saturday. The Advisory runs from 4 a.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Saturday night. The forecast is now for a…

Royals romp over Southern Virginia

Chris Graham

  Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu On Dec. 12, Southern Virginia handed the Runnin Royals their first loss of the 2009-2010 season, 92-79 in Buena Vista. Thursday night, Eastern Mennonite paid back the Knights in Harrisonburg by racing to a 26-point halftime lead en route to an 89-68 victory. The teams quickly started the game…

Liberty outmuscles Keydets

Chris Graham

  Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com The Liberty Flames used a 66-32 advantage in points in the paint and a 53-25 rebounding margin to prevail, 91-73, over the visiting VMI Keydets Thursday night in a Big South contest played at the Vines Center in Lynchburg, Va. Despite a 27-12 halftime rebounding edge, the homestanding Flames’…

Butler: Life lessons, and some football

Chris Graham

Former UVa. standout, NFL veteran talks politics, civic engagement at WHS Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Without football pads, wearing dress slacks and a light blue Oxford, no tie, Brad Butler could have passed for the high-school government teacher that he basically was for an hour at Waynesboro High School Thursday afternoon. Which isn’t to…

The Rant | They Listen, Sometimes

Chris Graham

   Video Essay by Chris Graham [email protected] The Waynesboro School Board listened. Citizens said, Slow down!, to the proposed elementary-school redistricting, and the School Board is slowing down. Waynesboro City Council could listen, literally, to complaints from the AFP and the Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending about its new rules for public comments at City…

VMI holds off game Southern Virginia

Chris Graham

  Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com VMI’s Stan Okoye posted his fifth straight game of at least 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Keydets outlasted a strong Southern Virginia effort to earn a 99-87 victory over the Knights in a non-conference contest played at Cameron Hall Tuesday evening. After battling through a close game…

Friendly fire

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Citizens group hears from City Council candidate Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Ward D Waynesboro City Council candidate Mike Harris introduced himself to a friendly audience Tuesday night, speaking at a meeting of the Waynesboro Citizens for Responsible Spending at the Waynesboro Public Library. Harris, 62, is a Virginia State Police and military veteran who…