Is Landes feeling some heat from Marrow challenge?

Chris Graham

Steve Landes is “starting to get a little PO’d” at what he thinks is Democratic Party opponent Greg Marrow’s effort to “distort” his legislative record. And the seven-term incumbent showed it Thursday night at the end of a heated debate between the 25th District candidates sponsored by the News Virginian and NBC29 at Kate Collins…

Wagner announces Republicans and Independents for Wagner committee

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At an event Tuesday morning in Virginia Beach, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Jody Wagner announced the “Republicans and Independents for Wagner” steering committee. The committee, comprised of twenty-one Republicans and Independents from throughout the Commonwealth, is led by Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms, Fredericksburg Mayor Tom Tomzak, Blacksburg Mayor Ron Rordam, former State Sen….

Health District urges pet owners to vaccinate pets against rabies

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The Central Shenandoah Health District and local vets throughout our district are urging people to “Protect the Ones You Love. Vaccinate Your Pets.” This important message is the focus of this year’s Rabies Awareness Week, Sept. 28-Oct. 4. “Vaccinating companion animals, such as dogs and cats, against rabies for their protection as well as the…

AFP Football | WHS at Spotswood tonight at 7 p.m., live!

Chris Graham

Waynesboro (0-2) will make the trek up U.S. 340 to Spotswood to take on the Trailblazers (2-0) in nondistrict Valley football action tonight at 7 p.m. You can listen to the game live at AugustaFreePress.com courtesy Stretch Internet. AFP editor Chris Graham will provide the play-by-play description of tonight’s action. Waynesboro Generals owner and veteran…

Model A club to visit Presidential Library

Chris Graham

The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum today announced that a group from the national Model A Restorers Club will be visiting the Presidential Library on Monday, Sept. 21, from 9 to 10:45 a.m. The members of the club, who will park their 15 Model A cars in the Presidential Library parking lot during the…

Armed robbery at 7-Eleven leads to two arrests

Chris Graham

Two men face armed-robbery charges in connection with an incident reported at the 7-Eleven at the intersection of King and Ivy in Waynesboro Tuesday night. Jeremy Lamont Brown, 23, of Lyndhurst, and Daryl Shondell Washington, 34, of Waynesboro, are both charged with armed robbery. Brown is also charged with the use of a firearm in…

Preview of WHS-Spotswood

Chris Graham

Waynesboro High School football coach Steve Isaacs is the guest on today’s “Chris Graham Show” as Chris previews Friday night’s WHS-Spotswood non-district football clash. The game will be broadcast at AugustaFreePress.com with a 6:30 p.m. pregame show and the 7 p.m. kickoff. Length: 11:42.

Verizon boosts wireless capabilities in Valley

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In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in communities up and down the I-81 corridor in Virginia, Verizon Wireless has completed work that increases the number of calls its wireless network can handle. In Spring Hill, Kiser Hill, Waynesboro, Reservoir Hill, South Staunton, Weyers Cave, Tinkling Springs, Sampson, Middle…

Children’s Choir to perform for Carter

Chris Graham

It marks the second time the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir has sung by invitation for a U.S. president. It is also the second time the choir was invited to provide music before a crowd of more than 6,000 at the presentation of the Global Nonviolence Award by the Mahatma Gandhi Center at James Madison University….