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Fresh off the school’s fourth conference crown and a top-10 national finish, William and Mary football coach Jimmye Laycock announced the College’s signing of 15 players to National Letters of Intent this afternoon. “This is a versatile class, with nine of the 15 players coming in at skill positions,” stated Laycock. “We addressed a broad…
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The Virginia football program signed 24 players to a National Letters of Intent (NLI) for the 2011-12 academic school year head coach Mike London announced. Two additional recruits enrolled at UVa in January, topping the class off at 26. Highlighting the nationally ranked class are five ESPNU Top 150 prospects, 17 signees from the state…
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The James Madison University football team will have five home games along with a road game at Football Bowl Subdivision school North Carolina on its 2011 schedule, announced today. Time for the home games will be announced in the coming weeks. Coming off seven straight winning seasons, JMU will open the season on the road…
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James Madison used a key 8-0 run to take the lead and closed the game on a 24-13 swing to defeat Drexel 60-52 in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game Wednesday night at the Convocation Center. JMU snapped a three-game skid and improved to 16-6 overall, 6-4 in the CAA. Drexel fell to 13-7…
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The Virginia Film Office and the Virginia Production Alliance are cooperatively producing the fourth annual Virginia Indie Film Festival Feb. 26 and 27. The Festival features independently produced documentaries, short films and features from Virginia filmmakers. The films were selected by panels of industry professionals and come from Midlothian, Blue Ridge, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Roanoke,…
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It has been more than 40 years since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. This resulted in the distinctly American creation of public television and public radio, which at its core was meant to provide a service to “enrich man’s spirit.” WVPT Public Television has demonstrated that public media has…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks news and Virginia politics on WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with discussion of the ongoing 2011 Virginia General Assembly session, which Chris said will be short for a reason – this is election year for all 140 members of the state legislature, and the guys and gals…
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A study of urban traffic congestion ranks three areas in Virginia among the most congested in the United States. The Texas Transportation Institutes’ 2010 Urban Mobility Report lists Washington D.C./Northern Virginia as the nation’s most congested region when measuring average annual delay. Virginia Beach and Richmond also rank high for congestion delays. “This study reinforces…
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The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce will host its Annual Economic Forecast on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Grace Street Building, fourth floor conference room, at the former RMH campus, Harrisonburg. The Chamber’s Economic Forecast is becoming one of most comprehensive economic outlook events in the region. Consumers, businesses, and…
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli today announced his support for new legislation which clarifies Virginia’s gambling laws. Questions about the law arose in 2010 when a number of Internet gambling businesses started to appear around the Commonwealth. Companion bills, House Bill 1700 and Senate Bill 1195, patroned by Del. Clay Athey (R-Front Royal) and Sen….
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