
First-half effort pushes West Virginia over Liberty, 41-17
The West Virginia Mountaineers used a strong first half effort en route to a 41-17 victory over visiting No. 15/13 Liberty, Saturday afternoon, at Milan Puskar Stadium.

The West Virginia Mountaineers used a strong first half effort en route to a 41-17 victory over visiting No. 15/13 Liberty, Saturday afternoon, at Milan Puskar Stadium.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (70-68) had their playoff hopes almost extinguished following a 2-0 defeat to Reading on Saturday night in front of a sold out crowd at The Diamond.

The State Fair of Virginia’s concert lineup for 2015 will include bluegrass artists the Steep Canyon Rangers, Virginia favorite Jackass Flats, country artists Chris Janson and Josh Thompson, beach music from The Tams, rock classics from The Little River Band and a rousing finale from the Charlie Daniels Band.

Billionaire Donald Trump now leads the crowded Republican presidential field in Iowa, according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling.

Hillary Clinton is far ahead of the pack in a recent poll of Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters, with 59 percent of those voters saying they would vote for the former secretary of state in the 2016 presidential primaries and caucuses, according to a national poll from Suffolk University/USA TODAY.

UVA baseball coach Brian O’Connor, starting pitcher Brandon Waddell, third baseman Kenny Towns, first baseman Pavin Smith and relief pitcher Nathan Kirby speak with reporters after the Cavs’ 4-2 win over Vanderbilt on Wednesday that clinched the program’s first national championship.

A new national poll from Public Policy Polling has former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead among the top Democratic contenders for president, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker with a small lead in a crowded Republican field.

As many as 140 protesters from across Virginia and Maryland greeted Dominion Resources executives and board members arriving for the company’s annual shareholder meeting Wednesday morning, in a sign of the growing citizen backlash over the company’s dirty energy investments and dirty politics.

April 22, 2015 is the 45th annual celebration of the first Earth Day in 1970, when 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies.

Behind seven strong innings from starter Derek Casey, the No. 12 Virginia baseball team earned a 5-3 road win over VCU Tuesday evening in front of 3,233 spectators at The Diamond in Richmond, Va.