Hampton University senior Margaret O. Daramola named Virginia’s Poet Laureate
Hampton University senior Margaret O. Daramola has been named Virginia’s Poet Laureate.
Hampton University senior Margaret O. Daramola has been named Virginia’s Poet Laureate.
Not only is the matter of Waynesboro Vice Mayor Jim Wood’s homophobic slur “closed,” but there he is on the front page of one of the local papers, big smile on his face, at a ribbon cutting for a new local business.

Students at Washington and Lee University in Lexington will be visited next week by a former federal appellate judge.
Richmond Police have made three arrests in connection to the homicide of Ckristofer Tyler, 32, of Chesterfield, on Richmond Highway on Wednesday.
The 6th Annual Unsung Heroes Award Ceremony was held last week to recognize Virginians who provide exemplary support to victims of crime.
Waynesboro Mayor Lana Williams is confirming what most of us knew all along: that Vice Mayor Jim Wood will face no repercussions from City Council over the “ol’ Pete Buttplug” homophobic slur from Wood’s since-deleted Feb. 15 Facebook talk show.
Waynesboro Schools honored seven Teachers of the Year for 2023 at a luncheon Monday afternoon. Amber Gibson is division Teacher of the Year.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels fought back from a three-run deficit to force extra innings, but the Altoona Curve walked out of The Diamond Wednesday night with the win, 5-4, in 10 innings.
A coalition of 45 press organizations are calling on a North Carolina prosecutor to drop charges against two journalists who were convicted of trespassing for recording police conducting a homeless encampment sweep.
The Better Business Bureau serving Western Virginia honored 13 area high school seniors at the 20th Annual Student of Integrity scholarship awards dinner on April 26 in Roanoke.
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