Culpeper Star-Exponent

3 days ago | starexponent.com | Stephanie Porter-Nichols

When he was growing up in Marion, Arthur “Scrapper” Broady knew one of his cousins as Uncle Jim. An eccentric artist who lived in New York City, Uncle Jim talked to Scrapper about stories he’d heard about an enslaved ancestor who fought in the American Revolution and was eventually emancipated. When Uncle Jim retired, Scrapper said he made it a mission to learn all he could about that ancestor. Uncle Jim continued to share his discoveries with Scrapper.

3 days ago | starexponent.com | Allison Brophy Champion

Politicking is already gearing up for the 2026 midterm election. A self-proclaimed “proud MAGA Republican” from Prince William County announced Tuesday his candidacy for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District. John Gray of Woodbridge is the second Republican candidate in less than a week to announce they were running against Vindman next year. Republican Virginia State Sen. Tara Durant, of Fredericksburg, announced her campaign for the U.S. House seat currently held by Democratic Rep.

4 days ago | starexponent.com | Allison Brophy Champion

Culpeper voters casting ballots in the recent Democratic primary picked different winners than those selected in the statewide contests. Former state delegate and assistant attorney general Jay Jones of Norfolk is the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general. Statewide, he received 51% of the vote over Shannon Taylor, a Henrico County prosecutor. In Culpeper County, Democrats picked Taylor with 56% of the vote on primary day of more than 1,800 total ballots cast. Virginia State Sen.

4 days ago | starexponent.com | Allison Brophy Champion

A Culpeper man is free after spending a week in jail for reportedly driving his SUV through a crowd of Trump protesters dispersing last Saturday outside of the local Walmart. Joseph R. Checklick Jr., 21, was released Monday afternoon on $4,000 secured bond on a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving in a parking lot. The 2021 graduate of Culpeper County High School is a third-year plumbing apprentice with no prior criminal history, according to court documents.

1 week ago | starexponent.com | Phelan Ebenhack

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