Ferrum College recognized its 110th graduating class Saturday, conferring degrees to 144 graduates. The speaker was Belle Wheelan, a former Virginia secretary of education and former president of a college accrediting commission.
- DAMIEN SORDELETT The Roanoke Times
The 6-foot-3, 180-pound Brown told Rivals on Sunday afternoon that he flipped his commitment from UVa to Virginia Tech.
- TOM SILVERSTEIN Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Green Bay Packers didn't draft a quarterback to compete for the backup job, so they signed one as a free agent.
- MICHAEL MARTZ Richmond Times-Dispatch
The average retail price of regular unleaded gasoline has increased by 23 cents a gallon in the past week in Virginia and now stands $1.16 a gallon higher than a year ago.
- By Mike Petro News Business Reporter
Power was officially turned off to the current Highmark Stadium on Friday. It is considered the start of the stadium’s mass demolition and is a significant milestone for the project as the new stadium nears completion.
- Kate Sequeira Los Angeles Times
Frustration is simmering among parents who say their young children are spending too much classroom time online.
- Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali Reuters
Trump this week sparred with the German chancellor, who said the Iranians were humiliating the U.S. in talks to end the 2-month-old war.
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Virginia Tech officials said a talk scheduled for Friday evening featuring a former Columbia University professor fired over anti-Israel statements is not affiliated with the university.
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Greene County Office of Emergency Services offers bottled water at 9845 Spotswood Trail for residents under a boil water advisory from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 21–22.
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Greene County Emergency Services has opened a bottled water site at 9845 Spotswood Trail in Stanardsville for boil advisory residents, open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 21–22.
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