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Local Latino community celebrates under "challenging" circumstances

Cville Sabroso is celebrating its 13th year, but this year it comes under the shadow of high-profile immigration crackdowns on the Latino community.
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Camping ban ordinance DOA
For months, city officials have been working behind the scenes on an ordinance designed to make “sleeping or lying down” on city property illegal. The…
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David McNair
Report: Over 75 percent of gun-related deaths in our area are suicides
Gun suicides get a fraction of the attention that shots fired incidents and homicides do, but they are the most deadly form of gun violence in our area.
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Militarized neighborhood search alarms neighbors
Police and prosecutors are cracking down on gun violence with neighborhood searches, tougher sentencing for gun possession crimes, and prevention and…
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Local Virginia State Trooper arrested for leaving threatening notes on woman's front door
Within days of the incident last November a man was identified by Virginia State Police as one of their own, but he wasn't arrested until yesterday.
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Making Headlines: Police chief, local newspaper, clash over what's fit to print
High-profile arrestee Kevin Cox has certainly stirred the pot!
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Locked Out: System that allows inmates to receive funds from loved ones crashes
For a week now, inmates at ACRJ have been unable to get funds from loved ones for essential items like food items and hygiene products.
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Why has the "red flag" gun law resulted in so few red flags?
Since Virginia's red flag gun law was passed in 2020, local police have only used it twice. Why is this law designed to prevent gun violence not being…
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Something happening here
“What we're dealing with now, grabbing people like they did in Charlottesville, is downright scary,” says constitutional attorney John Whitehead.
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Fictitious News Now
Last week, a local news website published a fictitious news story. Their retraction raised more questions than it answered.
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