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MOUNT VERNON— The Ashland Eagles took full advantage of a slow start by the Mount Vernon Nazarene University men's basketball team in the second half as they defeated MVNU, 94-88. That slow start included the Cougars going the first nine minutes of the second half without making a shot from the field. That put them in a hole from which they would never fully be able to recover.

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NASHWAUK — Lois Williams, 77, wants to make life better for not only seniors, but for all citizens of the state.

In her new role as state president of the Minnesota Senior Federation (MSF), she will able to use her compassion, while being front and center, to promote causes that are important to senior citizens.

“After I got involved I decided it was one of the greatest organization...

Airlines contracted out 54 percent of their repair work last year, half again as much as they did in 1996, Kenneth Mead told the Senate Transportation aviation subcommittee.

"The transition to increased use of outside repair facilities is not the issue," Mead said. "It is that maintenance, wherever it is done, requires oversight."

Mead also told the subcommittee he worries about FAA...

Bedford County's Board of Supervisors voted 4-2 Wednesday to reject allowing two proposed Smith Mountain Lake condominiums to exceed a 45-foot height limit required by zoning ordinance.

The developer, Waterway Properties, sought the permit to build two condominiums each 81½ feet high. The Waterwheel Condominiums would each be six stories tall with 15-foot gable roofs and would have ...

DURHAM, N.C. - After a tougher-than-expected opener, Duke looked every bit like the nation's top-ranked team against Seton Hall. J.J. Redick scored 18 points and the Blue Devils turned in an overwhelming defensive performance Wednesday night to rout the Pirates 93-40 _ the second-worst loss in Seton Hall history _ in the quarterfinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

DeMarcus Nelson added 16 p...

It was that field, and that use, that prompted Dranesville Supervisor Joan DuBois' Sept. 26 proposal to change the zoning ordinance after three years of public struggle over whether it allows colleges such as Marymount, located in a separate jurisdiction, to use public fields in Fairfax County.

"There needs to be a lot more thought going into how this amendment, if there is to be one, wi...

FACTS & STATS: Site: Raymond James Stadium (41,441) -- Tampa, Florida. Television: ESPN+. Home Record: Cincinnati 3-2, USF 3-0. Away Record: Cincinnati 1-3, USF 2-3. Neutral Record: Cincinnati 0-0, USF 0-0. Conference Record: Cincinnati 2-3, USF 3-1. Series Record: Series is tied, 1-1.

GAME NOTES: The South Florida Bulls try to remain in contention for a BCS Bowl bid this Saturday when th...

At a meeting last week, W. Steve Lee of Circle Point turned over a voluminous collection of citizen comment and input from its "visioning workshop" on Oct. 1, ending Circle Point's involvement.

The task force discussed ways the land in the study might be used. "With the looming spectre of future development," the task force has an opportunity to seek meaningful proffers, said task force ...

WAYNESBORO - Waynesboro High School senior Andrew Caron will play baseball at Campbell University next year. Caron, a catcher and first baseman for the Indian varsity baseball team, received an athletic scholarship to play for the NCAA Division I Camels.

Caron was looking at several different schools, including UNC-Charlotte, Saint Louis University and West Virginia, but ultimately c...

Before the season began, to most casual observers, Les Miles would have been only slightly more recognizable than the stock boy at your local supermarket. You saw him once a week or so, but you couldn't place him if you saw him in public.

That was Miles a year ago, when he was the anonymous head football coach at Oklahoma State. Today, Miles is a household name at Louisiana State, where ...