
Richmond finally breaks losing skid with 5-1 win over Altoona
The Richmond Flying Squirrels (4-17) snapped a franchise-record 15-game slide with a, 5-1, victory over the Altoona Curve (15-7) at Peoples Natural Gas Field on Monday night.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (4-17) snapped a franchise-record 15-game slide with a, 5-1, victory over the Altoona Curve (15-7) at Peoples Natural Gas Field on Monday night.

The New Britain Rock Cats once again stormed from behind to stun the Richmond Flying Squirrels, 8-6, on Sundayafternoon at New Britain Stadium.

Wild Virginia, the Sierra Club and JMU are teaming up to bring you a special screening of the new film Won’t Pipe Down by four students at James Madison University about the fight against the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

The Richmond Flying Squirrels (3-16) dropped their franchise-record 14th consecutive ballgame, 5-3, to the New Britain Rock Cats (15-7) at New Britain Stadium on Saturday night.

The Atlantic Coast Conference finished up the 2015 National Football League draft in strong fashion, having a total of 47 players taken in the three-day event, the second-highest total in league history. The ACC had 51 picks in the 2005 Draft.

After having nine players drafted in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft, the Atlantic Coast Conference saw a total of 11 players taken in the second and third rounds, giving it 20 total players drafted in the first three rounds of this year’s draft in Chicago.

Virginia House of Delegates Speaker William J. Howell and Delegate Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach) commented Friday on Governor Terry McAuliffe’s veto of House Bill 2322, which would have allowed Virginia insurance companies to offer affordable healthcare plans if the Supreme Court rules against the Affordable Care Act in King v. Burwell.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia today questioned Governor McAuliffe’s decision to veto SB 965 (Petersen D Fairfax) and HB 1673 (Anderson R Prince William) and promised that the organization will file suit to ensure compliance with Virginia’s current law regulating the collection and storage by government agencies of personal information about Virginians.

When Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was tabbed as the first pick in the 2015 NFL Draft it marked the first time since 2006 that an Atlantic Coast Conference football player has been the first player chosen in the Draft.

Remotely-piloted vehicles designed, 3-D printed, and built by 12 student teams will drive and fly their way through obstacle courses at Virginia Tech’s Rector Field House as part of the Friday, May 1, second annual Additive Vehicle Design Competition.