
Perriello endorses Aneesh Chopra for lieutenant governor
Former Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello has endorsed Aneesh Chopra for the Democratic Party nomination for lieutenant governor.

Former Fifth District Congressman Tom Perriello has endorsed Aneesh Chopra for the Democratic Party nomination for lieutenant governor.

The House and State Senate have passed very different transportation funding plans, meaning the two plans will now head to a conference committee to try to iron out those differences.

Trey Oest (Fr., Dover, Fla.) pitched six shutout innings in his college debut and Brandon Downes (So., South Plainfield, N.J.) went 3-for-4 with a home run as the No. 25 UVa. baseball team defeated Saint Peter’s, 9-1, Monday afternoon in the Cavaliers’ home opener at Davenport Field.

Gov. Bob McDonnell sent a letter this morning to President Obama and Virginia’s congressional delegation calling for immediate action to prevent the implementation of the sequester.

A package of Republican-sponsored bills will institute roadblocks and obstacles to voting for hundreds of thousands of Virginians, a group of House and Senate Democrats said in a Monday press conference.

What are we to believe about the size of government and the level of government spending? Republicans say that the U.S. government has become way too big and that Americans are grossly overtaxed. Is that true?

Connor Bach had a solid performance in his first career weekend start and Rob Dickinson went 3 for 5 with two doubles, but the Alabama Crimson Tide scored four runs in the sixth inning to turn the game around and post a 7-4 victory over the VMI Keydets in NCAA baseball action Sunday afternoon at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

The long-unsolved 1967 murders of two employees at the High’s Ice Cream shop in Staunton are featured in the series premiere of “Catch My Killer” on Investigation Discovery Sunday at 9 p.m.

The UVa. baseball team has added a game to its 2013 schedule and will face Saint Peter’s at 3 p.m. Monday at Davenport Field. This game has been added to Virginia’s schedule because the Sunday contest at East Carolina was cancelled because of inclement weather.

Despite a career-high 31 points and 15 rebounds by junior forward D.J. Covington, VMI fell short to Campbell University, 87-78 in a Big South North Division clash before 2,258 at Gore Arena Saturday afternoon.
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