
Liberty Football: Flames set to open spring football practice on Saturday
Preparation for the 2019 football season gets underway on Saturday morning when coach Hugh Freeze holds his first practice at Liberty.

Preparation for the 2019 football season gets underway on Saturday morning when coach Hugh Freeze holds his first practice at Liberty.

The #12 Virginia women’s lacrosse team (3-0) returns home to host #9 Princeton (1-0) on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Blue Turf Field.

The Louisville Cardinals simply haven’t been able to beat the Virginia Cavaliers, no matter who has manned the sideline, in the past three seasons. That’s accounted for seven straight wins for the Cavaliers — six in conference play and one in last year’s ACC tournament.

VMI got 27 points from sophomore Myles Lewis, but visiting ETSU got the W, defeating the Keydets 94-70 in a Southern Conference game Thursday night.

The State Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment last month, and 81 percent of Virginians support ERA ratification. But the House refused Thursday to even take up a resolution passing the ERA for a vote.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Office of International Marketing is supporting six Virginia craft beverage producers in exhibiting at Craft Beer Rising 2019 Feb. 21-23 at the Old Truman Brewery in London.

The Shenandoah University Harry F. Byrd, Jr. School of Business is partnering with Winchester-based consulting agency Encore Elite Partners to hold a marketing summit on Feb. 27.

HB 2527, introduced by Del. Tim Hugo, having already passed the House, unanimously passed the Senate on Monday.

After a recent report to the General Assembly showed Virginia’s child welfare system in need of major change, Sen. Monty Mason (D-Williamsburg) championed three bills this legislative session to undertake critical improvements.

The Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture at VCU will host a panel discussion, titled “Blackface, the Scandal and the Media: A Discussion About Racism in Virginia.”