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10 YEARS AGO – NOVEMBER 17, 2010 The longtime manager of the Waynesboro Pizza Hut was killed as she stood on the shoulder of Highway 24 with a deputy by her side. Catherine Cooper, 53, hit a deer near the intersection with Thompson Bridge Road. While Cooper and a Burke County Deputy were walking near the scene of the accident, […]

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