Hokies blast Keydets on hardwood

Chris Graham

   Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com Virginia Tech sports: www.hokiesports.com Juniors Jeff Allen and Dorenzo Hudson scored 24 points apiece to lead Virginia Tech to a 98-73 victory Wednesday evening in non-conference action at Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies improved to 7-1 on the season while out-rebounding the Keydets, 59-36. VMI (4-4) stayed in the game…

WHS grad Gore leads VMI to hoops win

Chris Graham

Staff Report Waynesboro High School alum Nick Gore scored 20 points and eight rebounds to lead six Keydets in double figures in VMI’s 111-92 win over West Virginia Wesleyan Wednesday at Cameron Hall in Lexington. Three records fell in Wednesday’s game, as the Keydets attempted 63 three-pointers on the night, setting a new school record…

One cool cat

Chris Graham

That Richard Adams fellow does it all Story by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s hard to imagine Richard Adams stifled. Or without a gig. But Adams, who you can see several nights a week in Staunton and Waynesboro playing Shenandoah Pizza or the “River City Radio Hour” or doing local community theater, felt stifled by what was…

AFP InDepth | A ‘strategic quiet’ on the LGBT front

Chris Graham

You don’t need to go as far as gay marriage. A candidate can win the support of the LGBT community by advocating legislation that would allow employees to include gay and lesbian partners in group life-insurance policies. Indeed, it doesn’t take much to break through what Jay Fisette, the Arlington County Board of Supervisors member…

The Pulse | Silly season going on largely outside public view

Chris Graham

That’s what I call the part to an election cycle where we have the debates and the candidate endorsement interviews. I refer to it as the silly season because, well, to be honest, I just don’t see the value to the hand-wringing that goes on with debates and endorsements, on all sides. Which isn’t to…

Book dives into local WWII history

Chris Graham

A forgotten chapter in Valley history and a prominent local military school play central roles in a new book by novelist Elizabeth Tidwell. Device and Deceit is a historical-fiction thriller set in the Waynesboro area during World War II and involves a German scientist being held at a prisoner of war camp near Sherando Lake…