Augusta County sheriff candidate Neil Kester adds accreditation expertise to team

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Augusta County Sheriff Candidate Neil Kester announced Thursday that a key upper management team member that will join the agency if Kester is elected as Augusta County sheriff on Nov. 3. Speaking before a small group of supporters, Kester introduced G. L. “Butch” Wells, former Staunton Police Chief and current supervisor for Augusta County, as a confirmed part of a Kester administration.

On making promises to women and girls: It’s time to make them real

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Recent headlines have been bleak for women and girls in the developing world: the Islamic State runs a system of sex slaves for its recruits; terrorists in Nigeria kidnap girls to marry their soldiers; women can be shot for going to school or splashed with acid if their in-laws don’t like their dowries.

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Virginia receives $1.4 million to test more than 2,000 untested sexual assault evidence kits

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Attorney General Mark Herring and Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian Moran announced today that the Commonwealth of Virginia has received a $1.4 million grant to conduct DNA testing and analyze more than 2,000 untested Physical Evidence Recovery Kits (PERKs) associated with sexual assaults in Virginia.

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Office of Attorney General earns Virginia Values Veterans certification

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Attorney General Mark Herring announced Thursday that he has fulfilled his commitment of earning certification for the Office of Attorney General by the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) program, an initiative to encourage Virginia employers to implement nationally recognized best practices in recruiting, hiring, and retaining highly-skilled and dependable veterans.