
Myrtle Beach blasts Lynchburg Hillcats, 6-1
Myrtle Beach scored two runs in each of the first two innings to take a 4-0 lead and held on for a 6-1 victory over the Lynchburg Hillcats Tuesday night at Calvin Falwell Field.

Myrtle Beach scored two runs in each of the first two innings to take a 4-0 lead and held on for a 6-1 victory over the Lynchburg Hillcats Tuesday night at Calvin Falwell Field.

The Trenton Thunder (32-27) snapped the Richmond Flying Squirrels (30-25) six-game win-streak with an, 8-3, victory on Tuesday night at The Diamond.

The Coalition of African-American Pastors (CAAP) and the Frederick Douglass Foundation of Virginia today united with Delegate Bob Marshall (R-VA) to pressure the Virginia State Legislature to pursue impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Mark Herring.

Today Governor Terry McAuliffe announced his appointments to the boards that govern Virginia’s higher education system, including the Boards of Visitors for Virginia colleges and universities.

Today, representatives of Virginia business, national security, health and agricultural sectors joined environmental advocates in praising the newly announced carbon pollution limits for existing power plants as necessary public health and security safeguards, and a beneficial economic driver.


Audiences at WTA’s Gateway on Saturday, June 7, will listen to the winners from the third season of WTA’s Gateway Talent Nights and crown the audience’s favorite in the grand finale: “Talent of the Year” competition.


The Potomac Nationals (27-26, 13-11) used their fifth walk-off win to defeat the Salem Red Sox (27-26, 13-12) at Pfitzner Stadium 5-4 on Friday night as DH Ryan Zimmerman made his first rehab start coming back from a broken right thumb.

Pinch hitter Khayyan Norfolk’s successful sacrifice fly in the bottom of the tenth inning gave the Potomac Nationals a 5-4 victory over the Salem Red Sox at Pfitzner Stadium Friday night.
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