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James Madison opened the first half with a 21-5 advantage and added a 20-4 start to the second half to coast past East Tennessee State 70-45 in a non-conference men’s basketball game on Wednesday night at the JMU Convocation Center.
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Redshirt senior forwards Rayshawn Goins (Cleveland, Ohio/Glenville) and Andrey Semenov (St. Petersburg, Russia/Blue Ridge School) poured in 19 and 17 points, respectively, as James Madison pulled away in the second half for a 71-61 victory over Winthrop in a non-conference men’s basketball game at the JMU Convocation Center.
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The year 2012 marked the 150th anniversary of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Conducted during the spring and early summer of 1862, Jackson’s maneuvers in the Valley are still considered by historians and military strategists to be nothing short of tactical genius. On Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m., the Augusta County Historical Society will present “Keeping the Federals at Bay: Stonewall Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign.”
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The Virginia Sheriffs’ Association applauds the recent action taken by the Virginia Board of Corrections addressing concerns on the restraint of pregnant prisoners while in the custody of local and regional jails.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced this week that the 2011 total economic impact of the film and television industry in Virginia was $394.4 million, a 14.5 percent increase over 2010. In addition, 3,817 jobs were attributed to the film industry in 2011, up from 2,651 jobs in 2010.
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With the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War now into its second year and attracting visitors to the Commonwealth from around the nation, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced 11 state grant awards to organizations working to conserve historic battlefield lands for present and future generations of Americans.
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Elizabeth (Betty) Johnson Rice, who was a student leader in the largest single sit-in of the civil rights movement, will be the keynote speaker for the Waynesboro NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
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Defense and national security initiatives long championed by Sen. Jim Webb will be advanced by numerous provisions adopted in the National Defense Authorization Act
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Old Dominion University President John R. Broderick announced today that the institution’s athletic programs have entered into a membership agreement with Conference USA
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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is launching its third annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards competition. Darden is accepting applications and recommendations from qualifying Virginia businesses at www.resilienceawards.org through 2 July. To assist businesses and communities nationwide, this year’s competition emphasizes how Virginia’s most resilient businesses adapted to—and are helping their communities recover…
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