
Republicans claim credit for Virginia budget surplus
Virginia Republican leaders are taking credit for the $553 million state budget surplus announced Monday.

Virginia Republican leaders are taking credit for the $553 million state budget surplus announced Monday.

The Dash turned a one-run ballgame into a 7-3 rout with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and cruised to the victory against the Potomac Nationals at BB&T Ballpark on Saturday night.

Jackson Williams knocked in four runs and six bullpen arms carried the Richmond Flying Squirrels (45-41) past the Trenton Thunder (48-40), 5-4, on Saturday night at ARM & HAMMER Park.

The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton transportation district during the coming weeks.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the appointment of an experienced group of law enforcement professionals, legislators, community leaders and academics to serve on his Commission on Parole Review.

The Potomac Nationals (43-42-Overall, 18-23-Road, 10-5-Second Half) scored three runs in the top of the first and an insurance run in the top of the ninth to give RHP Austen Williams his first Carolina League win, 4-2 over the Winston-Salem Dash (39-46-Overall, 20-21-Home, 9-6-Second Half) at BB&T Ballpark on Friday night.

On Thursday afternoon at Pfitzner Stadium, the Potomac Nationals (42-42 Overall, 25-19 Home, 9-5 Second-Half) swept the Lynchburg Hillcats (39-44 Overall, 23-14 Road, 6-7 Second-Half) in a matinee doubleheader to take the three-game series two to one.

Albemarle County announced the appointment of Phyllis Savides to Director of the Department of Social Services effective July 8.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) on Wednesday congratulated the players, coaches and staff of the U.S. women’s national soccer team on winning the World Cup by sponsoring a Senate resolution recognizing the team’s accomplishments and contributions to U.S. soccer history.

Washington Nationals starter Stephen Strasburg is back on the DL for the second time in 2015, which you would have thought before the season would have been devastating news.
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