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Chris Graham

BC’s Jeter earns ODAC honors Bridgewater junior defensive end Dominic Jeter (Yorktown, Va./Tabb) earned Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Defensive Player of the Week honors for his outstanding performance in Saturday’s 19-14 season opening victory at St. Vincent. Jeter, a junior from Yorktown, Va., proved to be a disrupting force for the Eagles defense in…

Tuesday Press Conference: Mike London

Chris Graham

Q. Could you talk about what measures you are taking in preparing for the trip out west? COACH LONDON: I talked to different people that had opportunities to travel from the East Coast to West Coast, particularly when you’re flying, about the issues of hydration, that being important; that when you get there, trying to…

Keydets rout Lock Haven in opener

Chris Graham

VMI jumped out to a 20-0 lead and never looked back, en route to a 48-6 win over the Lock Haven Bald Eagles in the season opener for both teams, played Saturday afternoon at Foster Stadium in Lexington. The Keydets (1-0) won their sixth consecutive season opener behind 304 yards passing between three different quarterbacks….

Keydets rout Lock Haven in opener

Chris Graham

VMI jumped out to a 20-0 lead and never looked back, en route to a 48-6 win over the Lock Haven Bald Eagles in the season opener for both teams, played Saturday afternoon at Foster Stadium in Lexington. The Keydets (1-0) won their sixth consecutive season opener behind 304 yards passing between three different quarterbacks….

State launches review, extends DMV hours

Chris Graham

Gov. Bob McDonnell and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee are launching an independent review of the computer-system failures that affected operations at the Department of Motor Vehicles and 25 other state agencies – and Northrop Grumman is picking up the tab. “I have spoken personally with Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush. I expressed…

Push on to limit interest rates on payday, car-title loans

Chris Graham

Former Gov. Tim Kaine signed a much-trumpeted reform of payday lending in 2008, but loopholes in the industry-written law were quickly exploited by lenders, who have since moved on to other high-interest loan products that have proven to be highly marketable in the midst of the ongoing economic slowdown. Staunton City Councilman Bruce Elder led…