[Cider Jim]

Dr. Falwell's death rightfully deserved to be the top story in the local paper's "2007 Year in Review: Central Virginia Top Stories of the Year."

But the paper later went on to list the top 10 stories and then list an additional 15 "Honorable Mention" stories. Sadly, of the 25 total stories, the LU football team winning the Big South Conference championship did NOT even make the list; however, at #20 was Josh McDougal's national championship in cross country.

[01LUGrad]

I wish the football team had made the list, but Josh's victory was rightly ranked above a conference championship.

I didn't read the list...did the completion of the monogram make it???

[Sly Fox]

Here is the list:

1. Dr. Falwell's Passing
2. Impact of Virginia Tech Shootings
3. Randolph College changes & art war
4. Staunton River kid dies from MRSA
5. Beard Report Released - Race Debate
6. Early Year House Fires
7. Deputy Dies During Chase
8. Four Area HS Teams Win State Titles
9. Drought
10. LPD Chief Bennett Retires

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[SuperJon]

Some of the pictures in the best pictures of 2007 article were great.

[matshark]

i dont think the staunton river kid dying from mrsa should be top 5. people die everyday, if thats the case, everybody that dies should be top 5.

if anything, i think the fact that the hospital misdiagnosed him should be a top story.

[Chris Lang]

The kid dying of MRSA sparked a statewide effort to clean schools and make people recognize that MRSA was a problem in area schools. It absolutely was a huge story. It was the lead story on ABC Nightline the night the news broke.

[flamesbball84]

The kid dying of MRSA sparked a statewide effort to clean schools and make people recognize that MRSA was a problem in area schools. It absolutely was a huge story. It was the lead story on ABC Nightline the night the news broke.

the wholse cleaning of schools effort is moronic and unnecessary. the news has said that most people carry the MRSA germs or whatever it is in their nose. so you are going to have people cleaning the schools that have the MRSA germs, and once the students come back you'll bring in even more people with the MRSA germs. so you close the school down - preventing students from being educated - and you probably ahve to bring in more janitorial staff to work than usually does to help the cleanup process - which is more money that has to be spent. so what good does it do other than not educating students and costing the school systems more money??

[Hold My Own]

am I becoming a Liberal? I wasnt offended that the football team wasnt on the list...I think it could have gone either way...and with JF being number 1 they really (think they) have to be careful with giving us to much credit

[Chris Lang]

The kid dying of MRSA sparked a statewide effort to clean schools and make people recognize that MRSA was a problem in area schools. It absolutely was a huge story. It was the lead story on ABC Nightline the night the news broke.

the wholse cleaning of schools effort is moronic and unnecessary. the news has said that most people carry the MRSA germs or whatever it is in their nose. so you are going to have people cleaning the schools that have the MRSA germs, and once the students come back you'll bring in even more people with the MRSA germs. so you close the school down - preventing students from being educated - and you probably ahve to bring in more janitorial staff to work than usually does to help the cleanup process - which is more money that has to be spent. so what good does it do other than not educating students and costing the school systems more money??

I'm not necessarily agreeing with the closing of the schools part, but the fact that the death set off such a chain reaction within the state and community made it one of the year's noteworthy news stories. That's all I'm getting at here.

[flamesbball84]

The kid dying of MRSA sparked a statewide effort to clean schools and make people recognize that MRSA was a problem in area schools. It absolutely was a huge story. It was the lead story on ABC Nightline the night the news broke.

the wholse cleaning of schools effort is moronic and unnecessary. the news has said that most people carry the MRSA germs or whatever it is in their nose. so you are going to have people cleaning the schools that have the MRSA germs, and once the students come back you'll bring in even more people with the MRSA germs. so you close the school down - preventing students from being educated - and you probably ahve to bring in more janitorial staff to work than usually does to help the cleanup process - which is more money that has to be spent. so what good does it do other than not educating students and costing the school systems more money??

I'm not necessarily agreeing with the closing of the schools part, but the fact that the death set off such a chain reaction within the state and community made it one of the year's noteworthy news stories. That's all I'm getting at here.

yeah i know, i agree it should have been top story considering it was so national, i just wanted to rant on how stupid the school systems are across the nation lol.