
Attorney General Mark Herring hits 100-day mark
Today marks 100 days since Mark R. Herring was sworn in as Virginia’s 48th Attorney General.

Today marks 100 days since Mark R. Herring was sworn in as Virginia’s 48th Attorney General.

The 2014 Session of the General Assembly is over; we adjourned on Saturday. However, the main work, the budget, remains to be accomplished. The General Assembly will go back into session on the 24th of March to try to finalize a spending plan for the next biennium.

The Virginia General Assembly session gets under way on Jan. 8, but a great amount of groundwork goes into preparing for it. Beyond taking care of our personal and family responsibilities in December, legislators are rushing to survey constituents on their issues and concerns, get bills drafted and move to Richmond for at least 60 days starting in January.

Augusta Free Press produced two videos for the Waynesboro YMCA to mark two important Y honors.

The Lynchburg Hillcats had six hitters contribute an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Potomac Nationals in Sunday afternoon’s rubber match at City Stadium. Starter Ryan Weber retired 15 straight hitters at one point en route to his second win of the season. The Hillcats scored three runs in the fifth thanks to a sacrifice fly from Kyle Kubitza and RBI-singles from David Rohm and Luis De La Cruz.

A pair of former Waynesboro Generals will play key roles for the top-ranked Virginia Cavaliers as they face off with Cal-Irvine this weekend for a spot in the College World Series. “It will definitely be a good weekend of baseball. Two really good teams. It’s golng to come down to who can execute. This time…
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