A defeated Republican primary candidate is now running a write-in campaign that could split the conservative vote.
Rachel Mahoney
Rachel Mahoney has worked as a journalist in Virginia for seven years and has won several press awards. She lives in Lynchburg.
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Lynchburg’s Ward I election to be city’s most competitive and expensive council race
There’s a three-way race to succeed MaryJane Dolan, who is retiring.
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Lynchburg council member Misjuns’ lawsuit against city dismissed; he vows to appeal
Marty Misjuns was fired as a fire department captain for posting an image on social media that some thought was transphobic.
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Lynchburg City Council candidate charged with stalking
Rodney Lamont Hubbard, the Republican candidate for the Ward II seat on the council, was arrested Thursday.
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Lynchburg primary will put GOP feuds to the test
The Ward IV primary between Chris Faraldi and Peter Alexander asks voters to weigh in on the schism between Hill City Republicans.
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City of Lynchburg accuses council member of witness intimidation 6 weeks before federal lawsuit trial
The city alleges that a post on Marty Misjuns’ Facebook page about a city school system employee was “threatening and sinister.”
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70 years after landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the echoes continue in Prince Edward County
A lawsuit against the Prince Edward County School Board was one of five cases that were combined to create Brown v. Board of Education. Today, residents and former students keep the stories alive.
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Amid division and tensions, Lynchburg GOP reelects leadership
Veronica Bratton, backed by U.S. Rep. Bob Good, took 64% of the vote for unit chair after a contentious fight between Republican factions.
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Immigration lawsuit filed against Roanoke police
A Guatemalan woman who was the victim of domestic violence in Roanoke in 2012 alleges that the Roanoke Police Department violated state law in refusing to reissue her visa.
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Lynchburg council member, frequent critic duel with protective orders
A judge declined to issue a permanent protective order that council critic Gary Taylor had sought against councilman Marty Misjuns. Taylor will be in court Tuesday, accused of violating a protective order that Misjuns has against him.
