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Once hailed as Augusta County’s TikTok star, the deputy’s ‘curls were poppin’ — but now her cases are droppin’, along with public trust. Written by: Samuel Orlando | Breaking Through News | November 8, 2025 AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA  — Hundreds of traffic tickets issued by a well-known Augusta County deputy — who gained social-media fame on TikTok — were abruptly dismissed in a packed courtroom last month, with Sheriff Donald Smith himself appearing to request the dismissals. The de

After a Black Panther Party leader reports being hunted through city streets and a nonprofit founder’s home is targeted by a masked trespasser, Black advocates say Waynesboro’s “One Waynesboro” has left their community more divided than ever. Written by: Samuel Orlando WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA - The City of Waynesboro’s top elected official is facing serious questions about truthfulness after written records obtained by Breaking Through News  show that Mayor Kenny Lee  made state

Written by: Sam Orlando When Dewan Bellamy  stood before the Waynesboro City Council on October 15 , he didn’t come to protest. He came with a plan. In a detailed proposal titled the Community Homeless Youth Initiative (CHYI) , the deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party of Augusta County  laid out a one-year strategy to reduce youth and family homelessness by 90 percent. His plan identified 52 children and their families  living without stable housing and called for emerg

A double standard that says more about hypocrisy than politics. Written by: Sam Orlando The Ad That Crossed a Line A new campaign ad from Abigail Spanberger’s team dropped this week.It runs fifteen seconds.No sound.Just the face of Winsome Earle-Sears — Virginia’s Black lieutenant governor — shown mid-speech, her mouth moving, her expression intense, while bold red text flashes across the screen: “STOP SEARS” It doesn’t look like every other political ad. There’s no narrati