
Valley League alums well-represented in 2017 MLB Draft
The Valley Baseball League was well represented in the 2017 MLB Draft, with a first round selection and eight alums taken in the top eight rounds.

The Valley Baseball League was well represented in the 2017 MLB Draft, with a first round selection and eight alums taken in the top eight rounds.

New Hampshire rallied in the final inning of both games during Thursday’s doubleheader, completing a three game sweep over the Flying Squirrels.

The Flying Squirrels offense sputtered on Tuesday as New Hampshire (25-37) blanked Richmond (27-36), 5-0 in game one of a three game series.

EMU men’s volleyball setter Christian Taylor (Richmond, Va./Deep Run) is getting a once in a lifetime experience this month.

Gov. McAuliffe announced $2.25 million in Vibrant Community Initiative funding for a housing and community development project in Richmond.

Gov. McAuliffe announced a new state historical marker to commemorate the Supeme Court’s decision in the landmark case of Loving v. Virginia.

Minor League Baseball today announced its list of Top 25 teams in licensed merchandise sales for 2016.

The Altoona Curve (33-28) pulled ahead of the Flying Squirrels with a pair of four-run innings to avoid a series sweep 9-3 on Sunday evening.

Annie Woodford is the winner of this year’s $500 Graybeal-Gowen Poetry Prize for Virginia Writers from Shenandoah.

The Virginia General Assembly will celebrate its 400th anniversary in a couple of years.
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