
JMU romps, 55-7, in opener
The James Madison football team scored on its first three drives of the game and never looked back as the Dukes went on to defeat the visiting Saint Francis Red Flash 55-7 in the 2012 season opener.

The James Madison football team scored on its first three drives of the game and never looked back as the Dukes went on to defeat the visiting Saint Francis Red Flash 55-7 in the 2012 season opener.

The knock on Phillip Sims heading into the 2012 football season was that the ballyhooed Alabama transfer and former top QB recruit in the nation just hadn’t had time to get the UVa. offense down pat. It was just one drive at the end of a 43-19 blowout win over a I-AA team, but what a drive it was.

Virginia jumped out to a 16-0 lead six and a half minutes in and rolled past Richmond 43-19 Saturday.

An 18-month-old child was killed Friday morning in a single-vehicle and pedestrian crash in the Belmont subdivision, which is located just west of the City of Harrisonburg in Rockingham County.

A solar power system with a capacity of 104 kilowatts installed on the roof of the Eastern Mennonite University Sadie Hartzler Library exceeded its performance goals for the period of January through June 2012 by 118 percent.

WTA’s Gateway will begin its second fall season in September with the addition of four new series. Joining the “Signature Shows” at the venue will be the River City Boys’ Jamboree, the Custin Jazz Night, the Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge’s Family Performances and a monthly history lecture. The new series will expand the variety of entertainment WTA’s Gateway has brought to the area.

Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, will speak at the University of Virginia on Friday, Sept. 28, 7-9 p.m., at South Lawn Commons, Nau Auditorium, 1550 Jefferson Park Ave., Charlottesville.

Unemployment continued to inch upward in July in Staunton and Waynesboro, while the rate in Augusta was down slightly from where it was in June.

A new TV ad from the Tim Kaine Senate campaign highlights the former governor’s jobs agenda

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia yesterday sent a letter to members of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors reminding them that if prayers are used to open legislative meetings they must not favor one religious sect over any other
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