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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] John Hicks (So., Sandy Hook, Va.) singled to score Dan Grovatt (Jr., Tabernacle, N.J.) to break an eighth-inning tie and lift the second-ranked Virginia baseball team to a 4-2 win over No. 20 Virginia Tech Friday evening in front of packed house of 4,219 fans at Davenport Field.
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] “We held on as long as we could,” was the announcement. It came as no surprise. There were numerous warnings to soften this latest blow to our proud past. Still no one was happy. Parents, particularly mothers, were angry. They wanted time as much as money…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Sixth District Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte was recently awarded the Taxpayers’ Friend Award from the National Taxpayers Union.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The River City Radio Hour, Kid’s Avenue and the Wayne Theatre Alliance Children’s Hour mark a busy schedule of events for Third Fridays in Downtown Waynesboro.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t have to tell UVa. baseball coach Brian O’Connor that Virginia Tech is ranked 20th in the Baseball America national poll this week to get him to think about how good the Hokies are on the diamond. That lesson came last spring when Tech took two of three…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Morgan Harrington was last seen alive outside the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville the night of Oct. 17, 2009. We’re nearing the six-month mark since her disappearance, and are still not any closer to learning what led to her death. “We are still encouraging the public to come forward…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] VMI scored six runs in the sixth inning to break open a close game en route to a 12-3 victory over the top-ranked Virginia baseball team Wednesday evening at Gray-Minor Stadium. The Cavaliers suffered their first midweek loss of the season.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Outdoor Life lists one place in Virginia among the “Top 200 Towns for Sportsmen.” Yep, it’s Waynesboro, now known as The River City, where 10 years ago city and downtown-business leaders were striking out in their turns at bat in trying to figure out a way to turn the…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell has amended a bill passed by the General Assembly to insert a prohibition banning breed-based killing of dogs in the Commonwealth.
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Column by Ken Plum www.kenplum.com Last Friday, April 9, was the 145th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appamattox Court House in Virginia. Although hostilities ended that day, the war of words over the causes and outcomes of the Civil War continues to rage.
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