Local student runs marathon in honor of late brother

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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] Thomas Sheffer, a Mount Sidney resident and graduate student at Virginia Tech, will run in the National Marathon in Washington, D.C., March 20, to raise money for the nonprofit organization Active Minds Inc. His run will be made in honor of his brother, Daniel, who passed away in December 2008….

Cuccinelli: ‘We gotta have proof’ that Obama is U.S. citizen

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Story by Chris Graham [email protected]   Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, fresh off the controversy that he generated with his letter to Virginia public colleges and universities earlier this month advising them against going too far in policies protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination on campus, is back in the hot seat again, this time over…

State Police investigating mysterious death

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]    A Virginia State Police canine team discovered the body of a woman off Howardsville Turnpike in Augusta County on Sunday. The woman’s name has not been released to the public. Based on information gathered during the course of the investigation, State Police have made preliminary notification to a local…

WHS alum leads Dukes to NCAA Tourney

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Column by Jim Gordon Submit guest columns: [email protected]   I don’t know who will be named CAA Coach of the Year for the 2009-2010 season, but our vote goes to Waynesboro’s own Kenny Brooks, who guided his JMU Dukes to their first conference tournament championship Sunday by thrashing perennial power Old Dominion by 15 points…

David Reynolds: Paradise lost

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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected]   Does anyone out there in paradise care about anybody besides themselves? If not, then we have lost a community. We have lost paradise. Over 700 area residents attended the SRO public hearing held last week at the Rockbridge County High School to hear comments on the…

#1 ‘Hoos stage dramatic rally to knock off #2 FSU

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Staff Report UVa. sports: www.virginiasports.com   Down five runs with one out in the ninth inning Saturday night, the Virginia baseball team staged an incredible rally and scored six times to shock Florida State, 9-8, at Dick Howser Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla. Keith Werman (So., Vienna, Va.) supplied the eventual game-winning hit – a two-out,…