Hokies lose heartbreaker, 14-10

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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] For three-plus hours, Virginia Tech kept Heisman Trophy frontrunner Matt Ryan off-balance and unsure. And then, inexplicably, Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster called off the Hokie Dogs. That’s the key difference between the zero points that Boston College was able to score through 57-plus minutes and the 14 that it…

Asking big questions

David Cox

Column by David Cox Amid the ruckus over abusive driver fees, a budget shortfall, mental health care in light of the Tech murders, and other issues of the moment, larger questions get overlooked. Yet these are often the questions that underlie the issues that elections turn on.

UVa. men’s, women’s hoops tickets on sale

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Single-game tickets for several UVa. men’s and women’s basketball games will go on sale Friday and Monday, the university’s athletics department announced Wednesday. Tickets are available for men’s games with Vermont (Nov. 11), Howard (Nov. 14), Drexel (Nov. 20), Longwood (Dec. 7), Hampton (Dec. 19), Elon (Dec. 22) and Hartford…

Half credit, U Hall voters, Carolyn Frank, Kristina Cruise

Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham PUSH: Half credit for doing something good The local TV stations covering the 24th Senate District candidates forum held last night in Waynesboro seem to think that the event materialized out of the thin air. OK, I’m being harsh – because WHSV did show pictures from the event…

Farm Bill could aid food banks

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham Decline in support from a federal food-aid program has resulted in an inventory shortage at food banks across the country – including the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Network based in Verona. “We are facing a crisis situation right here in Virginia where the demand for food is far outpacing the…