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This Memorial Day weekend, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that nearly 70 US veterans will kill themselves. According to the DVA Veteran Suicides 2012 Report, 22 former servicemembers commit suicide every day on average, a number that is growing.
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Motorists hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend will continue to see prices moving a little lower at the gas pump. The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline Friday is $3.66, up a penny in the last week.
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JMU carried a 10-8 lead into the bottom of the ninth, but UNCW struck for two runs in the ninth and won on a Teddy Cillis RBI single in the 10th for a 11-10 decision in game two of the Colonial Athletic Association baseball championship on Wednesday afternoon at Brooks Field.
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The sixth-seeded Virginia women’s lacrosse team (12-8) faces second-seeded Syracuse (20-2) on Friday, May 23 at 5 p.m. in the semifinals of the 2014 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse National Championships at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland.
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Virginia National Bank is proud to present select 2014 World Cup games on the Big Screen at The Paramount in Charlottesville.
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The Drive to Save Lives campaign is a united effort by state police and highway patrol leaders, police chiefs and sheriffs to reduce highway crashes and fatalities.
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Last week, I traveled the Fifth District visiting small businesses throughout Central and Southside Virginia in recognition of National Small Business Week.
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Bonnie Stevens represented Humane Sociey/ SPCA of Nelson County, Marjorie Oram and Krista Waibel represented Almost Home and Sigrid Mirabella represented AHPAC/SPCA of Nelson at a one-day workshop in Charlottesville, presented by Petfinder.
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Just in time for this week’s start to the busy holiday travel season, motorists across the country are finally feeling some relief at the gas pump.
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A 6-0 second-half scoring run propelled the sixth-seeded UVa. women’s lacrosse team (12-8) to a 10-9 upset victory over third-seeded North Carolina (15-5) in the quarterfinals of the 2014 NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Championship on Saturday (May 17) in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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