
Game Notes: Virginia basketball travels to JMU for non-conference tilt
Virginia (6-3) travels to JMU (7-2) for a nonconference game on Tuesday. Tipoff at Atlantic Union Bank Center is set for 6:30 p.m.

Virginia (6-3) travels to JMU (7-2) for a nonconference game on Tuesday. Tipoff at Atlantic Union Bank Center is set for 6:30 p.m.

The FAA has awarded the Virginia Space Grant Consortium an Aviation Workforce and Development program grant focused on creating the precollege workforce pipeline for aircraft pilots.

Virginia picked up a 62-53 road victory at George Washington on Sunday at the Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, D.C.

Virginia Tech has accepted its first-ever invitation to the New Era Pinstripe Bowl in New York City, and will face Maryland in the Dec. 29 game at Yankee Stadium.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced Sunday that the Commonwealth will remove the pedestal that formerly displayed the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, as part of a plan reached with the City of Richmond to convey the state-owned land to the city.

When you’re a .500 team, your bowl destination tends to be a cold place in the middle of the week, as early in the day as possible. Virginia gets Boston, in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl, in a game with SMU, at 11 in the morning on a Wednesday.

The president of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation said the organization is focusing on the mental health of farmers and other rural Virginians because farming can be a stressful occupation.

My colleague, Jerry Ratcliffe, is reporting that the Virginia football coach search is down to two, Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott, and Anthony Poindexter, a UVA alum and the titular co-defensive coordinator at Penn State.

Virginia transit and highway systems are expected to receive more than $8 billion in federal funds over the next five years as a result of the bipartisan infrastructure deal signed into law last month.

Rockbridge County beef cattle and small grain producer Russell L. Williams II of Buena Vista was elected Dec. 1 to a third three-year term on the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation board of directors.
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