
VCU romps past Iona, 88-59
Redshirt junior guard Marcus Evans led VCU with 19 points and six rebounds as the Rams defeated Iona 88-59 in a wire-to-wires victory to move to 6-2 on the season.

Redshirt junior guard Marcus Evans led VCU with 19 points and six rebounds as the Rams defeated Iona 88-59 in a wire-to-wires victory to move to 6-2 on the season.

Big plays, outstanding team basketball and timely shooting highlighted the George Mason men’s basketball team’s first road win of the season – an 87-84 victory over William & Mary Saturday afternoon in Williamsburg.

“Saving the Earth.” Sounds like quite a grand claim, right? After all, how many times have you heard of public service announcements linking segregating your trash and collecting aluminum cans to ‘saving the environment’?

JMU football coach Mike Houston, apparently on his way out the door, dialed up a confounding fake punt that didn’t work, and opened the door for a short Colgate drive and game-winning field goal, in a 23-20 Dukes’ loss on Saturday in the second round of the FCS playoffs.

Highway work in the Lynchburg District requiring road/lane/structure closures is scheduled, weather permitting.

Until five years ago, Fethullah Gülen and Turkey’s President Erdogan were allies who supported each other.

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

A powerful voice offering a woman’s point of view on politics is joining the airwaves on Virginia’s new home for state and national political news talk in Virginia – WJFN 100.5 FM on the radio dial, and www.WJFNRadio.com online.

Charlotte has withdrawn its offer to JMU head football coach Mike Houston, who told the school last night that he intends to pursue other options.

Most of us dream about buying a small house somewhere by the ocean and retiring there. There’s just something about the sound of the waves slowly caressing the shore that makes any place with an ocean view peaceful and calming.
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