CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Braxton Key made a free thow with 2:04 left in overtime and Virginia held off Notre Dame on a rough shooting night for both teams, 50-49 on Tuesday night. Mamdi Diakite scored 20 points for the Cavaliers (16-7, 8-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), including the basket with […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is considering expanding the playoffs to nearly half the 30 teams and allowing higher-seeded wild-card teams to choose opponents. The playoffs would grow from 10 clubs to 14 under the plan, first reported Monday by the New York Post. There would be four […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Universal Pictures said Tuesday that it will release the social satire “The Hunt,” a film it canceled in the wake of criticism about its premise of “elites” hunting people for sport in red states. A trailer announcing the film’s March 13 release date presents the “elites” […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Local Virginia governments would have the power to remove Confederate monuments in their public spaces under legislation approved Tuesday by state lawmakers. In the two legislative sessions that followed a violent 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Republican lawmakers defeated bills that would have rewritten an […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are advancing legislation to ban the sale of assault weapons and the possession of high-capacity magazines. The state House voted 51-48 Tuesday to pass the legislation to prohibit the sale of certain semiautomatic firearms, including popular AR-15 style rifles, and ban the […]
(RICHMOND, Va.) – The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) reports the state’s first influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2019-20 flu season. A teenager (13-17 years old) in Virginia’s Northern region has died from complications associated with influenza. To protect the family’s privacy, VDH will not provide any further information regarding […]
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Devonnte Holland blocked a shot and made two free throws in the final 19 seconds as Radford held off Winthrop 81-77 on Monday night after nearly blowing a 27-point lead. Radford led 46-31 at halftime after shooting 55% and opened the second half on a […]
Too much firepower. Too quick. Too good. Patrick Henry remained unbeaten (11-0) in the River Ridge District with a convincing, 78-61 win at Pulaski County Monday evening. The Patriots moved to 15-3 on the season while the Cougars dropped to 3-6 and 8-11 on the season. After a […]
Lee Sutphin Mullins, age 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 8, 2020, just three weeks after her husband Harold. She was born April 12, 1934 in Virginia, a daughter of the late Russell Desmond Sutphin and Hallie Mae Reece Sutphin. She was preceded in death […]
Harold Herbert Mullins, 87, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2020 CaroMont Regional Medical Center. He was born on May 9, 1932 in Mullens, W.V., a son of the late Arthur and Lucille Martin Mullins. Harold proudly served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and continued a life […]
Who knew that men from antiquity like King Henry IV and Sherlock Holmes would endorse computer games such as Xbox and PlayStation? But both used the phrase “the game is afoot” when referring to their life strategy beginning to play out; and their need to follow it through. You might […]
Dublin Town Offices will be closed Monday, February 17, 2020. Garbage scheduled for pick-up on Monday, February 17th will be picked up on Tuesday, February 18th.