Christopher Graham

5 days ago | augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham

Two people involved in the Charlottesville swim community have told me in the past couple of days about an effort by a Cavalier Aquatics swim parent to persuade other swim parents to write letters of support for embattled coach Gary Taylor. Taylor, hired to be the head coach at Cavalier Aquatics in 2021, is serving a two-year probation after admitting to emotional misconduct involving athletes at NC State, Auburn and Cavalier Aquatics following an investigation by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.

5 days ago | augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham

Virginia State Police are investigating a small plane crash that occurred at 2:34 p.m. Friday off Spotswood Furnace Road in Spotsylvania County. A single-prop aircraft had taken off from Shannon Airport in Spotsylvania County when it apparently suffered engine trouble and had to land in a field along Spotswood Furnace Road. The two people on board received very minor injuries, according to State Police. The FAA has been notified. The crash remains under investigation.

5 days ago | augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham

A Spotsylvania County MAGA patriot pleaded guilty in federal court this week in a hate-crime case in which he tried to shoot two Latino immigrants after asking them how long they’d been in the U.S.It’s fair to assume that Douglas Wayne Cornett, 58, is ripe for a presidential pardon from Donald Trump, as long as somebody with cash can get access to The Mad King’s inner circle. According to court documents, on the evening of Feb.

5 days ago | augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham

Virginia State Police are working to locate the driver of a vehicle involved in a road-rage shooting on Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County on Friday. Because the vehicle that was shot at is a Tesla, you do have to wonder, was this political? Are people still that mad at Elon Musk? Probably. The Tesla was struck by gunfire multiple times by a shooter in a black pickup truck, possibly a black Toyota Tacoma, according to VSP.

5 days ago | augustafreepress.com | Christopher Graham

Donald Trump, at the behest of Benjamin Netanyahu, just launched another 20-year war in the Middle East that will almost certainly end like all the other wars in the Middle East waged by Western powers in the past 50 years. The Soviet empire died in Afghanistan; the U.S. wasted 20 years in Afghanistan before tucking tail and fleeing. Iraq, invaded because George W. Bush and Dick Cheney claimed Saddam Hussein had WMDs, which he did not, ended with a whimper.