
Randy Forbes: The power of work and American values
Work is a silver thread throughout the American character. Throughout history, it has been individual Americans who have helped our nation burst through economic sluggishness.

Work is a silver thread throughout the American character. Throughout history, it has been individual Americans who have helped our nation burst through economic sluggishness.

Lynchburg tied the game late but saw the game-winning run thrown out at home twice in extra innings as the Hillcats fell to the Mudcats 6-2 in 12 innings on Monday afternoon at City Stadium.

The 2015 college football season started last Thursday night. The National Football League holds its season opener this week. While a Longwood student-athlete has yet to crack a roster for either, there is one former Lancer who is putting the school on the football map.

Scott Matherly, MD, an expert on cirrhosis, liver transplantation and liver cancer, will be the first speaker in the 2015-2016 Suter Science Seminar series at Eastern Mennonite University.

Lynchburg pulled away late in a back and forth affair to seal a 5-4 victory over the Carolina Mudcats on Sunday afternoon at City Stadium. Dorssys Paulino went 3-for-4 at the plate and was a home run shy of the cycle.

Ray Lawry scored his fourth touchdown of the game with 1:57 left in the fourth quarter and Old Dominion University football hung on to defeat Eastern Michigan 38-34 Saturday evening at Eastern Michigan.

The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has concluded an investigation of the current toll rates charged by the operator of the Dulles Greenway in Loudoun County and finds that proposed new tolls are not required to be substituted for the existing tolls.

For many weeks now, the House and the Senate have been carefully reviewing the nuclear agreement the Obama Administration and the nations of China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom reached with Iran in July.

Harvard law professor and political activist Lawrence Lessig is mounting an intriguing run for President. Lessig’s symbolic campaign will be entirely funded by crowdsourced donations since he has a one-issue platform: campaign finance reform.

Richmond men’s basketball released its 2015-16 schedule on Thursday. Highlighted by a trip to Las Vegas for the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, the Spiders will play potentially five BCS opponents and will have at least 12 games against postseason teams from last season, as 12 opponents finished in the top 100 of last year’s NCAA RPI.