
Tampa Bay rips Gonzalez, Nats, 6-1
Gio Gonzalez got knocked out in the fourth, and Tampa Bay ripped Washington, 6-1, on Monday.

Gio Gonzalez got knocked out in the fourth, and Tampa Bay ripped Washington, 6-1, on Monday.

Cynthia Pritchard, CEO of the United Way of Greater Augusta, will travel to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, to speak to local members of Congress to help working American families who may be struggling in the Greater Augusta community. Cynthia Pritchard will be meeting with the offices of Senator Mark Warner, Senator Tim Kaine, and Congressman Bob Goodlatte.

The 2015 schedule for the Virginia men’s soccer team has been released. The reigning national champions will be challenged throughout their 16-match regular season, which includes 11 home games. The stout home schedule features five contests against teams which advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2014.

Like all Americans, my grave concerns about the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have only grown over the past 10 months.

Dr. Stacey L. Epps has been elected as the new president of the Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia (EFVA).

Max Scherzer was a pop-fly seventh-inning single away from at least a no-hitter, striking out 16 in a one-hit shutout in a 4-0 Washington win at Milwaukee on Sunday.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (32-28) cashed in four first-inning walks and never looked back, dropping the Erie SeaWolves (21-39), 6-2, at The Diamond on Sunday afternoon.

Why do Virginia apple growers care how many West Coast apples are shipped to China? China is a growing world market, and a domestic over-supply of Washington state apples could hurt Virginia apple prices, according to Spencer Neale, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation vice president of commodity marketing.

Yunel Escobar and Wilson Ramos hit two-run homers, and Joe Ross earned his first big-league win in a solid eight-inning effort as the Washington Nationals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-2, on Saturday.

What’s wrong, again, with the Nats? Jordan Zimmerman was touched up for six runs in three and a third, and Washington fell for the second night in a row in Milwaukee, falling to the Brewers, 8-4.