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A two-out, five-run rally in the seventh inning broke open a close game and propelled the VMI Keydets to an 8-2 win over the #27 James Madison Dukes in baseball action Tuesday in Harrisonburg, Va. The win was VMI’s first against the Dukes in Harrisonburg since 1976, JMU’s last season as a Division II team….
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Shamel Bratton tied a career high with five goals and added an assist for a career-best six points, leading the No. 2 Virginia Cavaliers (5-1) to a 14-6 triumph over the Vermont Catamounts (3-2), Tuesday night, inside Klöckner Stadium. Colin Briggs also had a career night with three goals and four total points in the…
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Nolan Smith was named the ACC Player of the Year, and Roy Williams of regular-season champ North Carolina was named the conference’s Coach of the Year in voting by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Smith was joined by teammate Kyle Singler on the all-league first team along with Jordan Williams of Maryland,…
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The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce announced today that Fine Earth LLC and Dave’s Downtown Taverna have been recognized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as two of the top 75 businesses nationally. Both of these local businesses have significantly contributed to the economic growth in our community, and as a result, are recipients of the…
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A warrior needn’t have a scar to show you to prove that they come back a different person from the field of battle. “The group that we most like to target within that very wide net is the combat veterans. The theory being that the things that they’ve experienced made them particularly sensitive,” said Ben…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” College basketball has our attention with the beginning of March Madness. Chris breaks down the CAA Tournament that wrapped Monday night with ODU taking home the big trophy and where George Mason and VCU fit into the NCAA mix. Then the attention shifts…
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The most liked Virginia political figure – no surprise, it’s Mark Warner. That was the finding in a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Feb. 24-27. Warner, a popular former Democratic governor in his first term representing the state in the U.S. Senate, is viewed favorably by 58 percent of Virginians, with 29 percent viewing him…
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We are having an exciting new fundraiser at the Senior Center on Saturday, April 2, at 6 p.m. The evening will start with a great spaghetti dinner including appetizers and dessert. Then Kathy Johnson of Murder is a Game is going to lead you through an intriguing storyline about our five suspects that is set…
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While the recent February jobs report issued by the Department of Labor suggests some welcome signs of improvement, our national unemployment rate still remains unacceptably high and our economic recovery still has a long way to go. The House has taken several steps to remove the barriers to job growth by remaining committed to cutting…
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Five anonymous individuals who wrote negative online reviews of a San Francisco plastic surgeon did not violate the law, and the surgeon should not be permitted to force disclosure of their identities, lawyers for Public Citizen and the Virginia American Civil Liberties Union argued in papers filed on Monday. “The First Amendment protects our right…
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