
Not driving while distracted can help pick up a scholarship
Eight out of 10 traffic crashes in Virginia are caused by distracted driving. Some local organizations want to see that number reduced.

Eight out of 10 traffic crashes in Virginia are caused by distracted driving. Some local organizations want to see that number reduced.

UVA (41-23) faces Florida (52-17) tonight at 8 p.m. in a game that will decide the second participant in the 2015 College World Series Championship Series. Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham leads our live blog in-game with score and situational updates, commentary, analysis and more.

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.

Governor McAuliffe announced on Friday the launch of a 100-day challenge to kick off the Commonwealth’s Housing and Supportive Services (HSS) initiative to increase integrated, independent housing options for people with an intellectual or developmental disability in the Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads and Richmond regions.

UVA faces off with Florida on Friday at 3 p.m. in the 2015 College World Series in Omaha. Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham will lead a live blog in-game with score and situational updates, commentary, analysis and more.

The UVA baseball team plays No. 4 national seed Florida at 3 p.m. ET on Friday in in the 2015 NCAA College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, applauded Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Richmond International Raceway (RIR) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are teaming up to bring home greater awareness and access to VA benefits for our nation’s veterans and servicemembers.

The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce its annual Economic Development Outlook Breakfast at the Holiday Inn Staunton Conference Center on Wednesday.

GReat Aspirations Scholarship Program, Inc. (GRASP), a non-profit, education organization, headquartered in Glen Allen, recently awarded 124 Last Dollar scholarships totaling $125,000 to Virginia high school students graduating in 2015.
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