
Beyond the lunch pail: Virginia Tech in damage control over fine-gate
Virginia Tech athletics director Whit Babcock was in full damage control mode in an interview with the Roanoke Times published Thursday.

Virginia Tech athletics director Whit Babcock was in full damage control mode in an interview with the Roanoke Times published Thursday.

Virginia Tech athletics director Whit Babcock said yesterday in response to reports about defensive coordinator Bud Foster’s interest in fining players from their cost of attendance allotment for various transgressions that it was just Foster musing out loud.

Text of remarks from Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to members of the House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance Committee Thursday in Richmond.

The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry has received a $2.4 million federal grant to introduce an innovative new curriculum, purchase new dental technology, and build on its ongoing efforts to treat at-risk pediatric patients.

Retailers at five Phillips Edison & Company-owned shopping center locations in Maryland and Virginia will host a series of free movie nights throughout the summer to engage consumers and foster community involvement.

Passengers departing Norfolk, Va., can sleep a little longer as the weekday departure for Northeast Regional Train 84 from the city moves to 6:10 a.m. beginning on Aug. 31.

Founded in 2002, AugustaFreePress.com readership continues to grow to levels well beyond our local and statewide competitors.

The Court Square Theater’s Commonwealth One Credit Union Music Series continues on Saturday, September 12 with a lively concert of traditional blues featuring M.S.G. – The Acoustic Blues Trio and local performer, Bobby Driver.

The nomination deadline has been extended for the James River Writers annual Emyl Jenkins Award, honoring a Virginian that inspires a love of writing and writing education in Virginia. The new deadline is August 31.

Shifting from a relaxing vacation back to work is always challenging, but my return this past week from the mountains, streams and lakes of Glacier National Park to a special session of the General Assembly has been a particularly stark contrast.
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