Top-ranked and top-seeded Virginia will be without forward De’Andre Hunter, the ACC’s sixth man of the year, for the NCAA Tournament because of a broken left wrist. The school announced Tuesday that Hunter, a 6-foot-7 swingman who can also play guard, suffered the injury during the ACC Tournament, but did […]
RICHMOND – Governor Ralph Northam today signed a proclamation calling the members of the Virginia General Assembly into special session on April 11th to complete their work on the Commonwealth’s budget after they adjourned last week without passing a biennial spending plan for Virginia. The Governor released the following statement on the […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett has built the Cavaliers into one of the nation’s elite programs. The Cavaliers are enjoying arguably the most successful stretch in school history. Their No. 1 ranking is the program’s first since the Ralph Sampson era ended 35 years ago. […]
On Saturday April 7, 2018, from approximately 7:30 am till 12:00 pm, part of Downtown Pulaski, including a section of Dora Hwy will be closed to through traffic. The streets are being closed in support of the “Color Me Cameron 5K run and walk”. The color run is a celebration […]
It’s been a long and winding road for A.J. Bush, Virginia Tech’s backup quarterback last season. Bush transferred to Tech from Iowa Western where he was basically a backup quarterback there after he transferred from Nebraska in hopes of getting playing time and new start. Now Bush has enough credits […]
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — UCLA’s storied NCAA Tournament history includes 18 Final Four appearances. A First Four? None, until now. The Bruins open the tournament in Dayton on Tuesday at the bottom of the bracket looking up, an unexpected development for a team that started the season with an international […]
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — No. 16 seed LIU-Brooklyn (18-16) vs. No. 16 seed Radford (22-12) First Four, East region; Dayton, Ohio; Tuesday 6:40 p.m. EDT. BOTTOM LINE: Northeast Conference Tournament winner LIU-Brooklyn makes its first appearance in the tournament in five years. Radford got in by beating Liberty at the […]
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Virginia went from being an unranked team that few expected to contend in the Atlantic Coast Conference to the unanimous No. 1 in the final AP Top 25 of the season. The Cavaliers (31-2) earned all 65 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to remain on top […]
Clarence Emory Jones, age 73 of Draper passed away Friday, March 9, 2018 at his home. Born March 4, 1945 in Giles County, he was the son of the late Robert Emory Jones and Margaret Evelyn Stoots Jones. His grandparents and brother, Clifford Jones also preceded him in death. He […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Virginia earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, its reward for one of the best seasons in Atlantic Coast Conference history. The selection committee didn’t do the Cavaliers any favors on their side of the bracket. The No. 1 seed in the South […]