
‘Started from the bottom, now we’re here’: VMI defeats The Citadel, clinches SoCon football championship
VMI clinched its first Southern Conference title since 1977 with a 31-17 win over The Citadel on Saturday at Foster Stadium.

VMI clinched its first Southern Conference title since 1977 with a 31-17 win over The Citadel on Saturday at Foster Stadium.

The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending April 17 follows.

The Liberty Flames cruised past the North Alabama Lions, 15-1, in the second game of a three-game ASUN series Saturday at Mike D. Lane Field.

For all the talk this spring from Bronco Mendenhall about getting the running game going, it starts in the trenches – with maybe the deepest and most experienced O line in all of college football residing in Charlottesville.

Virginia trailed #7 Louisville 7-1 in the fifth, but rallied to send the game to extras, then walked off the Cardinals to take Game 1 of the weekend set at Disharoon Park, 8-7, on Friday night.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week.

National Park Service South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director Stan Austin has announced the selection of Tracy Swartout as the new superintendent of Blue Ridge Parkway, effective May 23.

All Virginians age 16 and older will be eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine starting Sunday as Virginia reaches a new milestone in its vaccination program – approximately half of all adults in the Commonwealth have received at least one dose.

A new bridge on Route 250 (Churchville Avenue) over Bell Creek in Augusta County is scheduled to open to traffic on Thursday, April 22.

Across the country, women on average earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by men for equal work. This gender pay gap contributes to a more difficult economic recovery for women and families.
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