
Lynchburg Hillcats get W to start second half
The Lynchburg Hillcats used two home runs to power past the Winston-Salem Dash, 5-4, Friday night at City Stadium to open the second half of the Carolina League season.

The Lynchburg Hillcats used two home runs to power past the Winston-Salem Dash, 5-4, Friday night at City Stadium to open the second half of the Carolina League season.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that 24 Virginia cities and counties will soon be able to provide school resource officers in schools where none are currently assigned, thanks to grants just approved by the Criminal Justice Services Board.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services Committee, lauded on Friday important provisions he advocated for Virginia’s defense community that were included in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2014.

The newly-elected Democratic Ticket of Terry McAuliffe, Ralph Northam, and Mark Herring appeared at the Democratic Party of Virginia’s Unity Breakfast on Wednesday morning following Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Attendees heard from all three candidates on the ticket, who rallied Virginia Democrats to work as a united front toward victory in November and stressed how they are focused on driving a mainstream agenda of job creation and economic growth across the Commonwealth.

The George Mason men’s basketball team now knows who it will face when it enters the 16-game league slate in January, as the A-10 officially released the men’s basketball conference schedule pairings on Wednesday.

Two weather delays that lasted a total of 18 hours and 25 minutes moved the conclusion of game two of the 2013 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional to Monday afternoon where Mississippi State averted ninth inning heroics by Virginia, holding onto a 6-5 win in front of a sellout crowd of 4,956 at Davenport Field.

One man is dead after shots were fired at a residence in Afton. Virginia State Police are assisting the Albemarle County Police Department with investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting Saturday morning (June 8, 2013).

The 2013 political forecast is variable, especially for the Republican Party. The GOP in Virginia is like an old comfortable habit that occasionally causes us some angst. Not enough angst to quit but enough to make us think about it.

Mississippi State collected 20 hits to grab an 11-6 win over Virginia and take a 1-0 lead in the 2013 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional Saturday before a sell-out crowd of 4,956 at Davenport Field.

Virginia senior infielder Reed Gragnani (Richmond, Va.) and redshirt senior Scott Silverstein (Olney, Md.) each were selected Saturday in the final day of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
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