
Virginia Municipal League announces winners of the 2015 Achievement Awards in Local Government
The Virginia Municipal League announced on Monday the winners of its annual achievement awards for excellence in local government.

The Virginia Municipal League announced on Monday the winners of its annual achievement awards for excellence in local government.

Myrtle Beach scored a run in each the third and fourth innings as Brad Markey held the Hillcats scoreless to hand Lynchburg a 2-0 defeat in the rubber match of the series on Sunday night at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark.

Lynchburg plated just one run on a solo homer by Joe Sever, but Myrtle Beach pitching held the Hillcats’ offense in check as the Pelicans took a 4-1 victory on Saturday night at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark.

Lynchburg scored seven runs over the final three frames to win 7-3 over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Friday night at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark. The victory was the fourth straight for the Hillcats against the Pelicans.

For its August Writing Show, James River Writers travels the Commonwealth in search of stories short and long.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has allocated an additional $2.3 million to Virginia for fiscal year 2015 from the Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) and the Intercity Bus Grant Program.

In the bottom of the ninth, Myrtle Beach (61-43-Overall, 30-23-Home, 20-15-Second Half) slammed a two-run walk-off home run to lift the Pelicans to a 4-3 victory and a series sweep of the Potomac Nationals (48-55-Overall, 23-29-Road, 15-18-Second Half) on The Grand Strand at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark on Thursday night.

Governor McAuliffe announced today that the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) will partner with Richmond 2015, the organizer of the nine-day UCI Road World Championships cycling event to be held in Richmond this September.

Mitch Brown (6-9) allowed just two hits and struck out a career-high nine batters as Lynchburg completed a series sweep of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans with a 5-0 victory on Friday night at City Stadium.

Lynchburg put on a power display with three home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Thursday night at City Stadium. Dorssys Paulino led the Hillcats with five RBIs, including a three-run blast, in the win.