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19+ hour, 48+ min ago   (302+ words) Of the 55 candidates running for city council in Richmond, six don’t live in the city, while two school trustee candidates out of 28 also don't live in Richmond, according to election paperwork filed with the city. Furthermore, one school trustee candidate…...

14+ hour, 2+ min ago   (292+ words) K-12 and higher education leaders in Northern Virginia are showing what it looks like for education to proactively adapt to prepare students for a new AI-impacted reality. The conversation around artificial intelligence and its impact has grown deeper and more complex…...

18+ hour, 51+ min ago   (284+ words) The image began circulating over the weekend, appearing to show Virginia State's Trojan Explosion Marching Band forming the name "NOLAN" on the football field in tribute to Nolan Wells. Those unanswered questions have made Wells' story deeply emotional for many…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1802+ words) The bourbon industry began quietly. Perhaps it could’ve found a forever home anywhere in the United States in the late 1700s, as immigrants brought over distilling, but Kentucky offered a perfect blend of climate, sprawling land, limestone water and geography. The…...

18+ hour, 19+ min ago   (452+ words) Virginia will be in the national spotlight once again, taking on Florida State at 3:30 Saturday on a national broadcast. The game is a valuable chance for the Cavaliers to prove themselves against a Power Four team slightly better than middling…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (266+ words) Virginia's attorney general's investigative team has recovered more than $21 million from Medicaid fraudsters, a haul pulled from a program that provides joint state and federal health care coverage to low-income and disabled residents across the commonwealth. The figure was reported…...

17+ hour, 5+ min ago   (357+ words) Virginia Tech football's game time has been set for its contest against California on Saturday, Oct. 10. The Hokies and Golden Bears will face off at 3:30 p.m. ET (12:30 p.m. PT) in Berkeley, Calif., with Virginia Tech entering the clash at either 5-0 (2-0 ACC) or…...

13+ hour, 18+ min ago   (220+ words) Coach Will Stein and the Kentucky football team have put together a very good 2027 recruiting class. It's led by elite quarterback Jake Nawrot, but has multiple highly-rated prospects, including safety Tristin Hughes. Hughes is a 5'11", 190 lb safety out of Ohio…...

22+ hour ago   (674+ words) Thirty-two points is the gap between Virginia Tech and No. 25 Missouri in this week's AP poll, and the Hokies can close a lot of it in one night. Virginia Tech (4-0, 1-0 ACC) hosts Pitt (4-0, 1-0 ACC) on Friday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. ET on…...

11+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1354+ words) “If Black Virginians only make up 19 percent, how is it that they are 47.7 percent of those who are receiving the citations?” By Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury Youth advocates are urging Virginia lawmakers to reconsider stiffer penalties for public marijuana use…...