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Story by Chris Graham There is a regional foosball tournament going on in Staunton this weekend, so naturally, ESPN has a crew on location ready to beam the results to viewers worldwide. No, really. They do. “There’s a regional foosball tournament going on, so we decided, why not come here?” ESPN bureau producer Tony Florkowski…
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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] Welcome to winter golf. Technically, we’re only half way through autumn, but golfers know that winter starts when the clocks fall back. That’s when the sun slinks away westward to the Alleghenies before the nine-to-fivers even punch out for the day; when the straightest drive can…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham You either love the New York Yankees, or you hate them. The same is true for the Dallas Cowboys. Dan Rather is working on joining the pantheon of cultural lightning rods, though the question being asked about the CBS News anchor these days isn’t whether you love him or…
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Story by Chris Graham Tom Reynolds won election to represent Ward B on Waynesboro City Council in 2000 after receiving more than 80 percent of the votes cast in his two-way race with Blue Ridge Area Food Bank chief-executive officer Marty White. On Tuesday, Reynolds, a member of the faculty at Fishburne Military School, is…
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Story by Chris Graham The camera is trained on Tracy Pyles. It is Sept. 19, 2001, and Pyles, a Democrat and five-year veteran of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors, is preparing for a candidate debate with Republican Chris Saxman. Pyles and Saxman are locked in a battle for the newly created 20th House District…
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Story by Chris Graham Doug Davis is getting to know the folks at the Waynesboro Police Department. Davis, who will take over as chief of police in Waynesboro on Nov. 3, was in town this week to meet with officers and senior leaders at the PD. He also took care of one other important bit…
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Story by Chris Graham The news that the Waynesboro police-chief job was coming open was still fresh in his mind, and already Doug Davis was thinking ahead. The 26-year veteran of the Williamsburg police force had been a frequent visitor to the River City – and he knew that the city and the city PD…
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