
Poll: Majority of Virginians support mask mandates
A large majority of Virginians (75 percent) indicated they are concerned that new COVID-19 variants will lead to a worsening pandemic in their local community.

A large majority of Virginians (75 percent) indicated they are concerned that new COVID-19 variants will lead to a worsening pandemic in their local community.

Virginia (2-2, 0-2 ACC) will head south to take on Miami (2-2, 0-0 ACC) at Hard Rock Stadium on Thursday night.

Amtrak Northeast Regional Route 51 will now offer early morning service from Main Street Station, getting travelers from Downtown Richmond to Washington D.C. when the workday begins or to New York for a lunchtime meeting.

Virginia is 2-2. So are preseason ACC favorites Clemson and North Carolina. Don’t try to point that second fact out to your UVA football friend. His misery doesn’t love company.

A former Virginia Beach investment advisor was sentenced this week to 35 years in prison, following last week’s sentencing of his Williamsburg-based attorney to 10 years in prison, for their roles in a nationwide investment fraud scheme.

It took Virginia Tech a while to shake off Richmond, but a Connor Blumrick third-quarter TD run gave the Hokies some breathing room, and the D took over from there, in a 21-10 win over the Spiders on Saturday.

UVA coach Bronco Mendenhall said his defense played better in Friday night’s 37-17 loss to Wake Forest than it did in the 59-39 loss to North Carolina in Week 3. Pro Football Focus, in its game grades, agrees.

COVID-19 vaccines have been widely available since spring, yet across rural southwest and southern central Virginia, not a single county had more than 40 percent of its population fully vaccinated in mid-August, according to the Virginia Department of Health.

Wake Forest eventually punted. It was 37-17, what turned out to be your final, in the fourth quarter, but they eventually punted.

The National Cancer Institute announced this week that Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center has won a highly competitive SPORE grant – the first ever awarded in the state of Virginia
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