Emergency rooms in Virginia see spike in people seeking treatment for the flu
The number of people seeking help related to a respiratory illness in Virginia spiked to nearly 25 percent of emergency room visits.
The number of people seeking help related to a respiratory illness in Virginia spiked to nearly 25 percent of emergency room visits.
Waynesboro is a community that shows up – at the ballot box, in our schools and neighborhoods, and when our neighbors are hungry.
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Luke Keister clearly recalls the first time he went to see the Harrisonburg Turks play in the Valley Baseball League.

Marvin Ward and I have continued our on-again, off-again schedule of work, putting on three shows in 2013 – one a total bomb in Lexington, Va., with a business partner who promised the world in terms of upfront money and media push, and offered nothing in the way of either; the second, a sellout crowd of more than 1,900 for a house show featuring Kevin Nash, Mick Foley and The Rock ‘n Roll Express; and then a fan meet and greet with Shawn Michaels.

Before I tell you that story, I’ve got a few other stories to tell you, because as with everything else that involves the wrestling business, the backstory is much more interesting than what you end up seeing in the ring.

We’d started with Kevin Nash and Marvin Ward against The Rock ‘n Roll Express, but when it became clear that Marvin wasn’t working himself into shape to be able to perform in-ring, we wrote him out of the match with a storyline injury at the hands of the Rock ‘n Rolls suffered at a house show a month out from the pay-per-view.

I haven’t seen Hank Fawcett since the night of the pay-per-view, technically the early-morning hours the day after the pay-per-view, when he met my wife and I to give us a really big check to catch up on what he’d owed us for our work.
In case you missed them, Crystal Graham prepared a roundup of her top stories from 2025 on Augusta Free Press.
Hold on to your hats, literally, Shenandoah Valley, as wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour are possible on Monday.
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