The News & Advance was named the best mid-sized news organization in Virginia on Saturday by the Virginia Press Association. In all, the staff of The News & Advance won 35 awards in the association s annual News & Advertising Contest.
A Fayetteville attorney is suing a state official who he says is holding up the prosecution of Lt. Gov. Burt Jones. The attorney wants Jones held accountable for his role as a so-called fake elector for Donald Trump in 2020, before the statute of limitations runs out. But Prosecuting Attorneys' Council Executive Director Pete Skandalakis hasn't picked a special prosecutor.