
Warner, Kaine announce $6.2M for Virginia college readiness programs
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $6,236,161 in federal funding for 15 Virginia schools for Upward Bound programs.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $6,236,161 in federal funding for 15 Virginia schools for Upward Bound programs.

Fifth-seeded Virginia (38-15) will begin its ACC Tournament on Wednesday when it takes on Florida State (33-22) at Truist Field in Charlotte.

It’s the job of Lo Davis of Cavalier Futures to be up to the minute on the ins and outs of NIL. Davis joins “The Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to help educate us all on NIL, and how Virginia Athletics has its focus on the long term.

Jerry Carter was on hand for the Blacksburg Regional, which the #3 Virginia Tech softball team won in gritty fashion this past weekend. Carter joins “Street Knowledge” to recap the weekend and look ahead to Florida in the Super Regionals.

Nearly two-dozen undergraduate academic programs at Bridgewater College earned high rankings at the state level from PLEXUSS, a global higher education database for prospective college students.

The Virginia High School League has announced that Grafton Athletics Director Laura Parker will join the VHSL staff as its next assistant director for athletics, effective July 1.

The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Appomattox Field Office is seeking the public’s help with identifying and locating a woman wanted for defrauding banks in Charlottesville, Augusta County and Harrisonburg.

The Wildlife Center of Virginia will be releasing an adult bald eagle that has been a patient at the Center since late March.

Clemson sophomore third baseman Max Wagner has been voted the 2022 ACC Baseball Player of the Year by the league’s head coaches, and Wake Forest sophomore righthander Rhett Lowder is the ACC Pitcher of the Year.

Virginia set a record low for the number of unemployed workers per job opening, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics March 2022 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
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