Kristine Neff | The community needs to apologize for the Augusta County sheriff
I had one of those moments a few weeks ago after reading the apology issued by Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith in response to complaints about one of his deputies.
I had one of those moments a few weeks ago after reading the apology issued by Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith in response to complaints about one of his deputies.
A press release from the offices of U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced that Virginia is set to get $4.1 million for veteran suicide prevention efforts.
Seems we’re getting closer to figuring out why a News Leader reporter has been helping lead an effort of disaffected local Dems to try to discredit Augusta Free Press.
Denver Riggleman is leading a new effort called Republicans for Tom Perriello, though, not trying to be cheeky here, Riggleman is about as much a Republican today as I am.
One of the candidates for the Ward C seat on the Waynesboro School Board dropped out of the race on Monday.

The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office is finally acknowledging the “escaped inmate” that we’d been asking about from last week.
The local political activist whose since-deleted Facebook video led to the unraveling of a Waynesboro School Board campaign was back with another video that he posted on Saturday in which he absolved Kelvin Washington.
Credit to News Leader reporter Lyra Bordelon for asking Jim Wood straight up this week about the “Pete Buttplug” controversy that got Waynesboro into the national headlines back in 2023.
Plunk down twenty bucks for one of the new Kline’s Dairy Bar breast cancer awareness T-shirts, and the twenty bucks – all of it – will go to the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation.
I wrote last week about how Debra Freeman, who headed up the local WARM homeless shelter for several years, was herself homeless for six months in 2024.
We don’t take press releases or official statements as the final word. Digging in to get the whole story takes time and resources.