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Red flag? Group plans to hoist Confederate flag

The same people who came to Charlottesville earlier this year to defend the city holiday honoring Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, which City Council axed March 2, now plan to raise a Confederate flag on private property here. “Any time people try to take something away from our heritage, we try […]

Lisa Provence | April 2, 2015

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Hit-and-run victim ID’d as Stanardsville father of four

A family member has said that the man killed early January 20 in a hit and run on U.S. 29 in Ruckersville is Damien Shifflett, 30, a father of four. State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller has since confirmed the ID, and said that Shifflett was from Stanardsville. Barely a month earlier, his family suffered another tragedy. According to […]

Lisa Provence | January 23, 2015