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Augusta officials ask for help finding missing woman
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The Augusta County Sheriff's Office is requesting the public's assistance with locating a missing person who was last seen on Friday, May 10, at her Stuarts Draft residence. Angela Robin Orick, 69, is a white female who is 5 foot 6, 160 pounds, with...
Virginia school district restores names of Confederate generals to 2 schools
A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names were removed amid nationwide protests calling for a reckoning over racial injustice.In a reversal experts believe was the first of its kind, Shenandoah County's school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School and Honey Run Elementary as Ashby Lee Elementary.Friday's vote reversed a decision by the school board in 2020 when school systems across Virginia and the South were removing Confederate names from schools and other...
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