
#1 UVA wins 18-inning marathon
Freshman Christian Lowry (Chesapeake, Va.) hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 18th inning to lift the UVA baseball team to a 5-4 win over Marist Sunday at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, S.C.

Freshman Christian Lowry (Chesapeake, Va.) hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 18th inning to lift the UVA baseball team to a 5-4 win over Marist Sunday at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, S.C.

The federal government is not always wrong. At the same time, the state government is not always right. The public expects that leaders work through these differences and that issues be resolved.

February’s Writing Show celebrates James River Writers’ new partnership with Firehouse Theater by discussing one of the oldest plot devices in storytelling, The Hero’s Journey.

After a four-month drop, gas prices have been on the rise for nearly four weeks since January 27. Friday’s national average price of $2.28 per gallon is four cents more than one week ago and 23 cents more than one month ago.

The UVA baseball team recorded a pair of wins Saturday in Charleston, S.C. Ranked as high as No. 1 nationally, the Cavaliers (6-0) started the day with an 8-3 victory over La Salle at Charleston Southern’s CSU Ballpark and concluded with a 7-2 triumph against Marist at College of Charleston’s Patriots Point.

The following highway work is scheduled, weather permitting, in the Culpeper District during the upcoming week. Traffic movements may be restricted and speed limits reduced in work zones.

With a week to go until the scheduled February 28 adjournment, the Virginia General Assembly is moving steadily along.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine are urging federal regulators to move quickly to finalize and publish new safety regulations on oil trains.

Yesterday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Norman K. Moon ruled in favor of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia in a case involving a Charlottesville prohibition on begging in certain parts of the downtown pedestrian mall.

The Virginia House of Delegates passed legislation this week to require restaurants in Virginia to train their employees to be aware of customers with food allergy and safety issues.
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