
Scherzer pitches Nationals to 5-0 win at Miami
Max Scherzer notched his first win since July 30, and the Washington Nationals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-0 win in Miami on Sunday.

Max Scherzer notched his first win since July 30, and the Washington Nationals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-0 win in Miami on Sunday.

Considered America’s first modern photographer, just as the Civil War is considered the first modern war, Alexander Gardner created dramatic and vivid photographs of battlefields and played a crucial role in the transformation of American culture by injecting a sobering note of realism to American photography.

A pair of old combat boots from the Korean War sit on display at the National Museum of American History. The half-century old boots are made of brown leather with a double strap and buckles. The toes are faded, dirt and wear etched into the leather.

Today, three Democratic Senate candidates launched TV ads in the Richmond, Washington and Hampton Roads media markets.

Heard this one before? Washington had a late lead on the first-place New York Mets, who rallied Wednesday night off Nats relievers Drew Storen and Jonathan Papelbon in a 5-3 win.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Tuesday that Ventech Solutions, a SEI CMMI Level 3 software company that specializes in managing full life cycle deployment of software systems and solutions,will invest $1.5 million to establish an Innovation, Operations and Engineering (IOE) center in Prince William County.

Washington had a 7-1 lead on New York Mets ace Matt Harvey in the seventh, and then Nationals relievers couldn’t throw a strike.

And that, friends, what you saw Tuesday night in Nationals Park, was the 2015 Washington Nationals season in microcosm.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham joins host Jim Bresnahan on WREL-1450 in Lexington, Va., to talk sports. The segment includes inside looks at UVA and Virginia Tech football and the latest on the Washington Nationals’ chase of the New York Mets in the National League East.

Award-winning musicians Melissa Cox and Mythica will bring their fresh perspective on Celtic and World music to the Crossroads Music and Food Festival at Vanguard Ranch (3427 Valentine Mill Road) in Gordonsville on Saturday, October 3. Tickets are $20 (under 12 free) at the door.