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Wrestlers host Billy Wensel classic tournament
Jan. 24, 20190421 By Duncan Nixon Correspondent The Fluco wrestling team, under Coach Michael Gore, hosted the third annual Billy Wensel classic invitational Saturday (Jan. 19). The tournament is named for a long-time Fluvanna resident who was a wrestler and a wrestling coach and is suffering from ALS. Wensel and his family were in attendance for the...
Writers discuss author inspirations
Jan. 24, 20190154 By Page H. Gifford Correspondent Writers approach their craft from varied perspectives. Writing may be guided by opinion, humor, logic, debate, emotion and memory. A picture emerges in the writer's mind, which may be fact or fiction. For every writer, it is a personal journey; it connects with the spirit, awakening a curiosity to...
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KKK flyers delivered to Fork Union area
Jan. 22, 201901461 By Heather Michon, correspondent Residents along James Madison Highway and Route 6 say they recently found an unwelcome surprise at their homes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: recruitment fliers from the Ku Klux Klan. Images of one of the flyers were posted on a local social media group on Monday (Jan. 21). Headlined “African...
School Board adds make-up days to calendar
Jan. 21, 201901144 Tackles teacher pay By Heather Michon, correspondent Members of the Fluvanna County School Board met Thursday (Jan. 18) for a half-day seminar on the budget for the 2020 fiscal year. Chair Perrie Johnson (Fork Union), Shirley Stewart (Rivanna), and Andrew Pullen (Columbia) formed a quorum. Brenda Pace (Palmyra) and Charles...
Space heater likely caused fire
Jan. 19, 201901244 Family safe By Christina Dimeo, editor A space heater likely started a blaze that consumed the Fork Union home of Jane and William Ford. Just before noon Thursday (Jan. 17) a report of a house fire came into dispatch, said Fluvanna Fire Chief Mike Brent. “We knew we had a pretty good one going,” said Brent. “The first...
Palmyra man arrested on drug, child endangerment charges
Jan. 18, 201902250 Press release A Palmyra man faces multiple charges resulting from an investigation by the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement (JADE) Task Force and the Fluvanna County Sheriff's Office. Kenneth Wayne Farish, 37, was arrested Wednesday (Jan. 16) on one felony count of possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I/II drug (cocaine),...