
Valley businesses donate 39,000 meals for hungry neighbors
The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank recently recognized the local business community for bringing nourishment to families in need and hunger awareness to the Shenandoah Valley.

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank recently recognized the local business community for bringing nourishment to families in need and hunger awareness to the Shenandoah Valley.

No. 2 UVA (22-1, 10-1 ACC) hosts Wake Forest (12-13, 4-8 ACC) in ACC action on Saturday (Feb. 14). Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

The UVA baseball team starts its 2015 regular season this weekend with a three-game series at East Carolina. The season opener is slated for 3 p.m. Friday at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, N.C. Because of impending inclement weather on Sunday, the teams now will wrap up the series with a doubleheader beginning at noon Saturday.

An Afton woman wanted in Waynesboro on abduction and theft charges is now in custody. Officers and detectives with the Albemarle County Police Department located Whitney Renee Allman today at a residence near Scottsville. She was arrested without incident.

To say atop the standings in the ACC and in contention for a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, writes ESPN.com columnist C.L. Brown, second-ranked UVA needs to recalibrate its offense.

Oh, yeah, that was ugly. For the longest time, it looked like second-ranked UVA and N.C. State would have trouble getting to 40. Can’t get much uglier than that.

UVA redshirt junior guard Malcolm Brogdon (Atlanta, Ga.) was one of 10 players named to the 2015 Allstate NABC Good Works Team®, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and Allstate Insurance Company announced Tuesday (Feb. 10).

Jesse Matthew has been indicted for first-degree murder in the disappearance and death of second-year UVA student Hannah Graham. Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney Denise Lunsford confirmed the indictment in a press conference in Charlottesville on Tuesday.

The 2015 film festival circuit is in high gear and University of Virginia alumnus and filmmaker Jamie Sisley is having a terrific ride.

The 75-day spring wildfire season in the Commonwealth begins Sunday when the 4 p.m. Burn Law (which allows burning only between 4 p.m. and midnight) goes into effect. Citizens are reminded to be extra careful with any open-air fire from now through April 30.
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