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John Buzbee

@thebuzzbuz

With The @VirginianPilot and @Daily_Press. Believer in the power of local news and kindly-worded emails.

 Norfolk, VA
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Joined May 2019
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Questions v. FOIA requests: Saying "confidential" v. citing an exemption that allows records to be withheld. "No other info will be available" v. identifying volume of records being withheld. @thebuzzbuz pilotonline.com/2026/03/27/o…
ODU declines to say how many responses there were to criminal history questionnaire

ODU declines to say how many responses there were to criminal history questionnaire

Old Dominion University was tight lipped about how many responses it had received to a questionnaire the university issued to students asking them to disclose their criminal histories.

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Can't make this up: A raccoon got drunk at a Virginia ABC store in Ashland and then passed out in the bathroom axios.com/local/richmond/202…
Left: Liquor store aisle with broken bottles and spilled liquid on the floor. Right: Raccoon lying on tiled bathroom floor near a white toilet and black trash can against beige walls.

ALT Left: Liquor store aisle with broken bottles and spilled liquid on the floor. Right: Raccoon lying on tiled bathroom floor near a white toilet and black trash can against beige walls.

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Absolutely no one: LSU Message Board members outside the Baton Rouge airport
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Brian Kelly had never been fired as a head coach. What went wrong for him at LSU? Spoke to 15 people involved in the team about what it was like the past four years. Inside his LSU tenure: theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/…
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Jayden Daniels out Joe Burrow out Malik Nabers out LSU Football ass Saints ass Pelicans ass I can’t have shit smh
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The tiger does not concern himself with dramatic coaching searches
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Seeing Death Valley so empty for an SEC rivalry game on a Saturday night just hurts. Our ego hasn’t caught up with how middling our program appears to be.
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The Fall. #LSU
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Tonight we’re all Cavaliers.
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The Richmond Times-Dispatch just lost four reporters to layoffs. Support local journalism now.
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That’s the worst call in college football history.
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One dead after car crashes into Gulfport building, authorities say. What we know sunherald.com/news/local/cou…

Coroner identifies employee who died after car crashed into Gulfport building

Three people were also hospitalized in stable condition, authorities said.

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Somebody must’ve forgotten to log out of the official Louisiana State Senate account… #lalege #lagov
A Twitter exchange between Leading Report and the Louisiana State Senate

ALT A Twitter exchange between Leading Report and the Louisiana State Senate

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Judge holds secret hearing in business fight over uninsured motorist enforcement sunherald.com/news/politics-…

Judge holds secret hearing in business fight over uninsured motorist enforcement

The judge had paper taped over the courtroom door window, but decided during the closed hearing to open the court file to the public.

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Newport News airport to shift focus from commercial flights trib.al/Dhazsas

Newport News airport to shift from passenger service, toward industrial options

The Newport News Williamsburg Airport will shift focus toward new revenue streams, like cargo logistics, advanced air mobility, aircraft manufacturing and assembly.

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Advocates protest detentions and deportations of cruise ship employees in Norfolk pilotonline.com/2025/07/20/c…
Advocates protest detentions, deportations of cruise ship employees in Norfolk

Advocates protest detentions, deportations of cruise ship employees in Norfolk

Aquilina Soriano Versoza, the executive director of the Pilipino Workers Center, said all 21 crew members were not being afforded due process.

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VDOT has agreed to spend $36.2 million to cover outstanding balances and fees owed by ~25,000 Portsmouth and Norfolk drivers who use the Midtown & Downtown tunnels. Debt elimination is automatic and already underway. pilotonline.com/2025/07/16/t…

Thousands of Norfolk, Portsmouth residents will have $36 million in toll debt erased

The Virginia Department of Transportation and Elizabeth River Crossings, which oversees the Midtown and Downtown tunnels, have reached a deal to cover many drivers’ outstanding balances and fees owed...

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Man and woman arrested in Mathews Co. killings; they tried to go back and burn house down, authorities say trib.al/LJPNsiI

Man and woman arrested in Mathews Co. killings tried to go back and burn house down, authorities say

Carol Paul Cormier Jr., 33, from Mathews County, and Lacey Ann Horsley, 18, of Gloucester, were arrested Sunday in Newport News.

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Kip Holden, Baton Rouge's first Black mayor-president, died this morning. Holden held the parish's top office for three terms from 2005 through 2016. theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/…
Former Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden dies

Former Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden dies

Former East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden has passed away, sources confirm.

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They’ve gotta host College GameDay from here
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