NEW YORK (AP) — Mariano Rivera has become baseball’s first unanimous Hall of Fame selection, elected Tuesday along with Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina. Rivera received all 425 votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced. The quartet will be enshrined in Cooperstown along with […]
SALEM – The right lane of westbound Route 11/460 is closed in Roanoke County in the Dixie Caverns area. The closure is in place due to a depression in the pavement just south of Route 11/460’s intersection with Route 904 (Fallbrooke Drive). The Virginia Department of Transportation discovered the dip in the […]
James “Jimmy” William Quesenberry, 71, of Draper, VA passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, January 20, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. He was born on October 25, 1947 to the late Clyde and Nannie Quesenberry. He was in the Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam […]
New Safety Approval Sticker Promotes “Move Over” Safety Message RICHMOND – The Virginia State Police Safety Division is rolling out a newly-designed vehicle safety approval inspection sticker that now includes a traffic safety message. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, all certified Virginia inspection stations began issuing the sticker which has been […]
In 2011 the Virginia High School League executive committee voted to allow year-round practice with the exception of various dead periods for all sports. That same governing body will consider if it wants to completely reverse that ruling this week in Charlottesville. Some have suggested that there’s […]
RICHMOND — A Senate bill that would have raised Virginia’s minimum wage is dead — much to the dismay of more than two dozen advocates who braved the cold to rally for the bill Monday morning. Introduced by Sen. Rosalyn Dance, D-Petersburg, SB 1200 would have increased the minimum wage to $10 […]
Second passenger train to Norfolk will help ease highway congestion, increase multimodal options, and boost economic vitality for Virginia RICHMOND – Hampton Roads citizens will soon have more options to avoid traffic and congestion in tunnels and on Interstates 64 and 95 with the Monday, March 4th, debut of a second […]
The scheduling process for 2019/2020 school year will begin with a parent meeting to provide registration information to parents and assist with student course selections. An evening meeting for all parents and their eighth grade student will be held Monday, February 11, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Pulaski County High […]
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) — Carlik Jones scored 21 points, Big South player of the week Ed Polite Jr. had 13 points and eight rebounds and Radford beat Longwood 72-59 on Monday night to secure its seventh straight victory. Caleb Tanner added 10 points for Radford (14-6, 6-0), which is off […]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Freshman Coby White scored 27 points and No. 11 North Carolina knocked down a season-high 16 3-pointers to beat No. 10 Virginia Tech 103-82 on Monday night. Fellow rookie Nassir Little added a season-high 23 points for the Tar Heels (15-4, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), […]
Shirley Ray Kemp, 76, passed away at his home on Sunday, January 20, 2019. He was born on January 22, 1942 in Carroll Co. and was preceded in death by his father, Glenn Pierce Kemp and mother, Virginia Mae Kemp. He was a member of Farris Mines Christian Church in […]
Top-ranked Duke went down early in the week. No. 2 Michigan and No. 4 Virginia, the last of Division I’s unbeaten teams, both fell over the weekend. In all, six top-10 teams lost. Tennessee kept rolling amid chaos across the AP Top 25. The Vols are the new No. 1 […]