
UVA basketball lands Alabama transfer Braxton Key
UVA basketball added a stellar transfer recruit over the weekend with Alabama sophomore Braxton Key coming on board.

UVA basketball added a stellar transfer recruit over the weekend with Alabama sophomore Braxton Key coming on board.

Virginia Tech President Emeritus Charles William Steger Jr., who led Virginia Tech through a period of unprecedented growth and historic transformation into one of the nation’s leading research universities, died Sunday evening, May 6, at his home in Blacksburg, Virginia. He was 70.

Sometimes it can be challenging to keep on track with healthy eating and good habits especially with the amount of temptation at every corner.

For the second straight afternoon, the No. 20 St. John’s Red Storm used a two-out, single in the ninth inning to defeat the Liberty Flames, Sunday at Jack Kaiser Stadium.

The Flying Squirrels (16-12) snuck away from a soggy FirstEnergy Stadium with a 4-2 rain-shortened, five-inning win over Reading (10-16) on Sunday afternoon.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services detected a new invasive insect pest in Virginia, the Spotted Lanternfly in January. VDACS inspectors found the insect at a stone yard in Winchester.

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

The Flying Squirrels (15-12) countered Reading’s four home runs on Friday with three long balls Saturday in an 8-4 win over the Fightin Phils (10-15) at FirstEnergy Stadium.

Washington and Lee University presents a public lecture with Shannon Bell ’00, W&L alumna and associate professor of sociology at Virginia Tech, on May 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Huntley Hall 327.
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