
Tim Reid to deliver VCU commencement address
Tim Reid, an Emmy-nominated actor, director and producer, will deliver the featured address during VCU’s 2014 May commencement ceremony.

Tim Reid, an Emmy-nominated actor, director and producer, will deliver the featured address during VCU’s 2014 May commencement ceremony.

The fourth-ranked Virginia men’s tennis captured its eighth consecutive ACC Championship with a 4-0 victory over No. 9 North Carolina in Sunday’s ACC Tournament final at the Cary Tennis Park.

Less than a week before the May 1 deadline to switchover to summer gas, prices continue to climb within the forecasted spring gas price peak range of $3.55 to $3.75 per gallon made by AAA at the beginning of the year.

Redshirt sophomore left-hander Aaron Hoover (Centreville, Va./Westfield) fired his first career complete game, limiting Towson to a pair of first-inning runs as JMU charged to a 7-2 Colonial Athletic Association baseball victory on Saturday afternoon at John B. Schuerholz Park.

Towson struck for eight runs in the fifth inning as Kurt Wertz homered three times with seven RBIs to post a 15-12 win over JMU, which also got two home runs and seven RBIs from senior right fielder Tyler Gregory (Dothan, Ala./Houston Academy), in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game on Fridayafternoon at John B. Schuerholz Park.

UVa. senior tight end Jake McGee announced today that he plans to transfer after completing his degree at the University in May.

We’re hearing some talk that the perfect solution to the ongoing budget stalemate in Richmond would be to separate the two – voting now on a state budget, and then holding a special General Assembly session in the fall to consider Medicaid expansion.

Virginia is still without a budget for the coming fiscal year, Democrats and Republicans are no closer to an agreement on Medicaid expansion, but there may be some impetus for change coming from the hinterlands.

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Staunton District will host a public hearing on April 29 to discuss the draft Six-Year Improvement Program.

The Staunton Department of Public Works will begin milling operations the week of April 28. Paving will start the week of May 5.
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