
WDBJ shootings: Numb about sums it up
Alison Parker and Adam Ward woke up this morning, way too early this morning, if you ask me, since they worked the morning news shift at WDBJ, looking forward to a picturesque drive to Smith Mountain Lake.

Alison Parker and Adam Ward woke up this morning, way too early this morning, if you ask me, since they worked the morning news shift at WDBJ, looking forward to a picturesque drive to Smith Mountain Lake.

The State Fair of Virginia’s concert lineup for 2015 will include bluegrass artists the Steep Canyon Rangers, Virginia favorite Jackass Flats, country artists Chris Janson and Josh Thompson, beach music from The Tams, rock classics from The Little River Band and a rousing finale from the Charlie Daniels Band.

A disgruntled former WDBJ TV reporter who shot a reporter and a cameraman live on air this morning is dead after apparently shooting himself in Fauquier County.

An economic impact study of Virginia’s Civil War sesquicentennial shows the commemoration brought more than $290 million and 3.7 million people to Virginia.

Junior Meghan Cox (Springfield, Va.) turned in a hat trick, while senior Makenzy Doniak (Chino Hills, Calif.) scored the first goal of the season and tallied three assists as No. 2 Virginia (1-0-0) defeated UNC-Wilmington (0-2-0) by a score of 8-0 on Sunday at Klöckner Stadium.

Maps show location, but also mirror their times. The Augusta Historical Society will open an exhibit of maps September 5 at the R. R. Smith Center for History and Art, maps from the early 17th century to the early 18th century that not only show our nation as it became a nation, but may have played a role in that transformation.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties: Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

The second-ranked Virginia women’s soccer program kicks off the 2015 season on Sunday, hosting the Seahawks of UNC-Wilmington at 2 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium.

The Lynchburg Hillcats (64-60-Overall, 33-27-Home, 31-23-Second Half) used a four run bottom of the third and picked up the victory 5-2 over the Potomac Nationals (57-66-Overall, 28-35-Road, 24-29-Second Half) at Calvin Falwell Field at Lynchburg City Stadium on Friday night.
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