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Augusta County sheriff edict is open invitation to illegal gun traffickers
A Buffalo Gap High School student died in a Feb. 18 shooting on Maple Leaf Drive in Augusta County that the county sheriff, Donald Smith, said, per a news release, was “an isolated incident involving the illegal sale of handguns.”
Letter to UVA President details concerns about culture in UVA Softball program
A group of UVA Softball parents and alums reached out to UVA President Scott Beardsley in a letter dated April 2 to report “a concerning pattern of unethical conduct” by head coach Joanna Hardin.
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Notable alums from the Barter Theater include Gregory Peck, Ned Beatty, Hume Cronyn
The Barter Theater – which opened in 1933 under founder Robert Porterfield – remains the longest-running professional equity theater in the United States.
Data center developer drops appeal in Manassas National Battlefield Park case
A data center outfit owned by the leveraged buyout firm Blackstone Group has dropped its appeal of a state court ruling blocking its plans to build a digital gateway adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park.
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Cleveland outfielder makes Virginia baseball history, 100 years later
The Cleveland Guardians outfield has been in flux of late, due in part to injuries – including one to former JMU star Chase DeLauter.
Cade Cavalli says he’s sorry for ‘sit down, boy’ epithet: Sure, whatever
Whether you want to buy the apology from Cade Cavalli for his use of the racial epithet “boy” to punctuate a strikeout of Willson Contreras or not, it is what it is.
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Virginia State Police ramping up enforcement for Fourth of July weekend
We hit the halfway mark on calendar year 2026 with Virginia State Police having recorded 307 fatal crashes on our roadways in the first six months of the year.
The Unfinished Revolution: When those in power decide that rights become privileges
Two hundred and fifty years after the Declaration of Independence, we live under a government that increasingly behaves as though rights belong to the government to distribute, restrict and revoke as it sees fit.
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