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The Atlantic Coast Conference had 15 football student-athletes named to the watch list – the most of any conference nationally – for the Wuerffel Trophy, College Football’s premier award for community service, the All Sports Association of Fort Walton Beach, Fla., announced Wednesday.
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Old Dominion University junior offensive lineman Tyler Compton was named to both the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List and the Allstate, American Football Coaches Association Watch List on Wednesday.
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The Staunton Public Library is offering genealogy workshops this month to help people interested in researching their family history. Workshops will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Library every Wednesday in July.
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Malcolm Brogdon (Men’s Basketball/United States) and three former University of Virginia athletes will compete at the 2015 Pan American Games, held July 10-26 in Toronto.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the appointment of an experienced group of law enforcement professionals, legislators, community leaders and academics to serve on his Commission on Parole Review.
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UVA football free safety Quin Blanding and cornerback Maurice Canady were named to the 2015 preseason Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) announced Friday.
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Two of college football’s last three national champions will meet in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game to open the 2017 season in epic fashion.
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Unmanned aircraft researchers associated with the Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership of Virginia Tech and Rutgers University recently tested new technology designed to prevent collisions with other aircraft.
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) on Wednesday congratulated the players, coaches and staff of the U.S. women’s national soccer team on winning the World Cup by sponsoring a Senate resolution recognizing the team’s accomplishments and contributions to U.S. soccer history.
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U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Claire McCaskill welcomed the inclusion of key provisions of their Teach Safe Relationships Act in the compromise version of the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (ECAA) introduced on the Senate floor today by U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP).
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