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Calls for local Virginia GOP leader to step down in light of website revelations

October 20, 2026 Jaysun Silver

Winchester City Council President Corey Sullivan, a Republican, at a council meeting on October 13, 2026. Photo by Jaysun Silver // VCIJ

An investigation by VCIJ at WHRO revealed the obscure ownership of a divisive Winchester local news website. A leading city Republican official has called for his resignation.

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In Business, Social Justice Tags pink slime, Winchester, newspaper

In Winchester, the truth about a local news website is the city’s best-kept secret

October 5, 2026 Jaysun Silver

The Winchester Gazette launched its website in August 2023. Questions about its owners and journalism have persisted ever since. Photo illustration

As the hometown newspaper cut staff and TV stations left one small Virginia town, a website appeared touting a new, trusted source of local news. But the who, what, when, where and why of it have baffled residents.

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In politics, Social Justice, State Government, Criminal Justice, Business Tags pink slime, news, newspaper, Ai
 
 
 
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