Sleet, freezing rain possible in Valley, Central Virginia Wednesday night
The Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia have been spared from snow and ice this winter, but there is potential for sleet and freezing rain later this week.
The Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia have been spared from snow and ice this winter, but there is potential for sleet and freezing rain later this week.
Purdue somehow jumped past Virginia to take the top spot in this week’s AP Top 25, which, fine, whatever.
It’s a good time to be a Virginia basketball fan, with both the men’s and women’s teams winning every single game they’ve played so far this season as the schedule approaches conference play.
Virginia coach Tony Elliott is bolstering depth on offense with a QB transfer from FCS Monmouth and an offensive line commit from D2 Saginaw Valley State.
Seventh-ranked Virginia Tech led by 22 at halftime and coasted from there to an 86-48 win over UNC Asheville on Sunday at Cassell Coliseum.
Virginia Tech led by nine at halftime, but had to rally from a five-point second-half deficit to defeat Oklahoma State, 70-65, on Sunday at the Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational in Brooklyn.
The Virginia Criminal Justice Services Board is pushing $20 million toward efforts to hire more prosecutors and address manpower shortages in local police and sheriff’s departments.
The Office of the State Inspector General has cleared the Virginia Tourism Corporation of wrongdoing in its award of a $268,000 state contract.
Virginia MetalFab is investing $9 million to expand to a larger facility in the Town of Appomattox, an investment that will create 130 new jobs for the Lynchburg-Appomattox-Farmville region.
An electron rocket will be launched from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island on Tuesday night.
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