
Senate adjourns without taking action on redistricting
The Virginia State Senate adjourned a special session on Monday without addressing a call from Gov. Terry McAuliffe to address court-ordered changes to Virginia’s congressional districts.

The Virginia State Senate adjourned a special session on Monday without addressing a call from Gov. Terry McAuliffe to address court-ordered changes to Virginia’s congressional districts.

The Altoona Curve (64-57) took advantage of three Richmond (60-60) miscues in the sixth inning and managed to hold on late for a 4-3 win over in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond.

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.

Culpeper District traffic information is also available on Twitter at @VaDOTCulp and on VDOT’s website at www.virginiadot.org/travel/travel_alerts/culpeper/default.asp.

Potomac (55-62-Overall, 29-29-Home, 22-25-Second Half) took an early lead and rolled to a 4-0 shutout victory over the Wilmington Blue Rocks (53-63-Overall, 20-41-Road, 15-31-Second Half) at Pfitzner Stadium on Friday night.

The culmination of what was conceived last January during a conversation between Free Nelson Co-Chair Sharon Ponton and Nelson County activist Matt Dwyer will occur when communities in eight states take part in the Aug. 18 Hands Across Our Land.

ShenTel announced Friday the promotion of William L. Pirtle to Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales; Thomas A. Whitaker to Senior Vice President, Operations and Edward H. McKay to Senior Vice President, Engineering and Network Planning.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (59-57) exploded with 13 hits to take down the Bowie Baysox (66-50) 9-1 on Wednesday night at Prince George’s Stadium.

The Virginia House of Delegates will begin the redistricting process by holding a meeting of the Reapportionment Joint Committee and a public hearing on Monday, August 17.

Stephanos Stroop, who led the Strasburg Express to the 2015 VBL championship and the Lineweaver Cup, was voted the Maynard “Mo” Weber Manager of the Year in a vote of league directors.
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