Page 14 - Mayor Walker News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Charlottesville is again searching for a manager after Mayor Nikuya Walker and her allies attacked the current manager, Chip Boyles. Sandy Hausman reports on his decision to step down.

$10K Offered to Grambling and LA Tech Grads Who Return to Ruston Get our free mobile app Keeping an adequately trained workforce in your community must be a nightmare.  I think that may be one of the toughest parts of running a city and why mayors age at roughly 7 times the speed at which regular humans do.  It's like dog years, but with premium parking at city hall. My point is - keeping quality businesses filled with a qualified and skilled workforce is key to keeping those businesses in your town.  If attracting the kind of businesses you want to your town is checkers, keeping freshly...

Before Jeff Johnson became the in-stadium host of the Gastonia Honey Hunters, the award-winning host and entertainer spent several decades building his resume through a zestful passion for broadcasting, education and baseball.   Gaston County folks may recall seeing "J.J.” on Fox 46 WJZY from 1991 to 2007, where he became one of the most recognizable TV hosts in the Charlotte area. Johnson and his wife, Nancy, eventually moved to Atlanta, where he was a host on Peachtree TV.   Johnson was once a regular volunteer at Holy Angels in Belmont, which cares for people with...

BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Shakeup with the new administration in Bossier City means a bit of a shakeup on the new city council. Mayor-elect Tommy Chandler has picked a man who was just elected to the council as his chief administrative officer. Shane Cheatham handily defeated longtime incumbent Scott Irwin in southern Bossier City's District 1 in last month's election. "When our transition team was going over people, trying different people we could pick to be our CAO, and each time we went over Shane's resume and whatnot, he was the best person," Chandler said of his choice. "I am excited to work...

Mayor compares her city to a rapist. She explains why By The Washington Post Richmond - Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker was having a long and frustrating day. She has lots of them, like plenty of mayors, even though hers is a wealthy, picturesque college town that regularly pops up on those "best places" lists. Nothing in particular set her off, but the battles she had been mired in for months - with the City Council, the city staff, some ordinary Charlottesvillians - were getting to her. So the mayor consoled herself by writing a poem - one that soon had parts of C'ville recoiling.