
Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia names new executive director
Dr. Stacey L. Epps has been elected as the new president of the Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia (EFVA).

Dr. Stacey L. Epps has been elected as the new president of the Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia (EFVA).

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham leads a live blog during the opening game of the 2015 College World Series, which pits UVA (39-22) and Arkansas (41-23).

School’s out. Summer’s in. But before you grab your towel and hit the pool, come kick the season off with us, NASCAR style. The nation’s fastest sport is racing into Richmond on Wednesday, June 17th, and some of NASCAR’s biggest names will be taking to America’s Premier Short Track to prepare for the Last Race to Make the Chase, the Federated Auto Parts 400 in September.

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) and Mennonite Education Agency (MEA) will begin the search for the ninth EMU president with the first meeting of the search committee set for July 10-11.

The UVA baseball team opens the 2015 NCAA College World Series at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday as it takes on Arkansas at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. The Cavaliers are making their second straight trip to Omaha as well as their fourth trip in the last seven years.

Today, two Democratic Party activists, Barbara H. Lee and Gonzalo J. Aida Brescia, and the Democratic Party of Virginia filed suit against the State Board of Elections and the Department of Elections to protect Virginians’ right to vote.

WWE has confirmed that Virgil Runnels, known to millions of wrestling fans as “The American Dream” Dusty Rhodes, died on Thursday, with multiple published reports saying the death was the result of complications from a fall in his home early Wednesday morning.

U.S. News & World Report has placed Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU in the new 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU ranked No. 48 in nephrology.

UVA outfielder Joe McCarthy (Jr., Scranton, Pa.) and left-handed pitcher Brandon Waddell (Jr., Houston, Texas) were selected Tuesday during the fifth round of the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

Because natural gas is odorless and colorless, a rotten eggs smell is injected into the underground natural gas distribution system as an early warning safety alert that natural gas may be escaping from the underground pipelines.
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