
Virginia Professional Fire Fighters endorse Terry McAuliffe for governor
The Virginia Professional Fire Fighters announced its endorsement of Terry McAuliffe for governor during a press conference at old Fire Station 1 in Roanoke today.

The Virginia Professional Fire Fighters announced its endorsement of Terry McAuliffe for governor during a press conference at old Fire Station 1 in Roanoke today.

Gov. Bob McDonnell today attended the signing of a contract between YingLi, a distributor that specializes in e-commerce channel and high-end retailers, and Yihaodian, the fastest-growing integrated e-commerce company, 51 percent owned by Wal-Mart, with more than 30 million registered users in China, to sell Virginia-based Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. (Hamilton Beach) products.

The seventh-ranked Virginia baseball team finished off a three-game series sweep of fifth-ranked Florida State with a 5-2 victory Sunday afternoon in front of a capacity crowd at Davenport Field. Virginia (35-6, 16-5) outscored the Seminoles 16-4 and did not trail in the series in recording the program’s first-ever three-game series sweep against FSU (31-9, 13-8).

Sophomore Chad Carroll’s (Oakton, Va./Oakton) two-run double in the eighth was the game winner and senior Colby Roberts (Benton, Ark./Benton) added a two-run single for a four-run uprising as James Madison pushed past Georgia State 8-5 in the final game of a Colonial Athletic Association series on Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park.

The seventh-ranked Virginia baseball team swept a doubleheader against fifth-ranked Florida State Saturday at Davenport Field, running away with a 9-2 victory in game one before one-hitting the Seminoles, 2-0, in the nightcap. Virginia (34-6, 15-5 ACC) swept a doubleheader for the first time in program history against Florida State (31-8, 13-7) while clinching its sixth ACC series win in seven tries this year.

Junior infielder Ty McFarland (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) lined a single to left with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 10th to push James Madison past Georgia State 9-8 in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday evening at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Thursday that the Commonwealth Transportation Board advanced over $150 million in long-sought transportation improvement projects at its meeting in Richmond yesterday. These projects are being funded as a result of the Governor’s 2011 Transportation Funding and Reform Package.

Tax Day has come and gone, and that means it’s time for seasonal farmers’ markets to open.

Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has released the second-annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey showing that Virginia continues to be a top state for small businesses, earning an ‘A’ grade for the ease of starting a business in the state and an ‘A’ overall.

Jared King (R-Sr., Radford, Va.) hit a walk-off single to score Branden Cogswell (So., Ballston Lake, N.Y.) with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the No. 7 Virginia baseball team to a 10-9 triumph over Old Dominion Wednesday night at Davenport Field. Down 7-2 in the sixth inning, Virginia (32-6) rallied to score its 14th come-from-behind win of the season.