
UVA men’s tennis wins 2015 national championship
The third-ranked UVA men’s tennis team captured its second NCAA Championship in the past three years with a 4-1 victory over top-seeded Oklahoma in Tuesday’s final at the Hurd Tennis Center.

The third-ranked UVA men’s tennis team captured its second NCAA Championship in the past three years with a 4-1 victory over top-seeded Oklahoma in Tuesday’s final at the Hurd Tennis Center.

Attorney General Mark Herring today joined the Federal Trade Commission and 58 law enforcement partners from every state and the District of Columbia to announce that they have charged four sham cancer charities and their operators with bilking more than $187 million from consumers.

Tree trimming will require alternating lane closures on Route 250 (Ivy Road) in western Albemarle County on Wednesday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

James Madison University students enrolled in the Quality Management course this summer will receive first-hand industrial experience with their class being held at Cadence’s Virginia facility over the next four weeks.

The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville announced new members elected to its board of directors.

Last week, we recognized National Police Week, an annual commemoration leading up to May 15th, which was coined Peace Officers Memorial Day in 1962 by President John F. Kennedy. We owe much gratitude to our law enforcement officers at the local, state, and federal levels, who put themselves in danger on a daily basis.

Re-elect the right man for State Senate. Emmett Hanger is that man. As his legislative aide, I know he’s truly serving for the right reasons. With our state government mirroring Washington-like politics, it is important we have a person willing to stand up for what’s right and most practical, not what’s popular or party-line.

Behind a one-hit shutout from right-hander Josh Sborz (Jr., McLean, Va.), the UVA baseball team blanked Georgia Tech, 11-0, Tuesday in the opening game of the 2015 ACC Baseball Championship at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, N.C. The game concluded after seven innings because of the tournament’s 10-run mercy rule.

The Waynesboro Police Department arrested a Harrisonburg man on several felonies after he led officers on a late night pursuit through Waynesboro and Augusta County

Josh Sborz didn’t allow a Georgia Tech baserunner until the seventh, and the UVA offense erupted in the middle innings, allowing the Cavs to pull away for an 11-0 victory in the opening game of the 2015 ACC Baseball Championship.
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