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  LU home run trot

  Liberty University's baseball team awaits Trey Wimmer (10) at the plate as he completes his walk-off home run trot in a thrilling 4-3 victory against Gardner-Webb that puts the Flames in today's title game against longtime nemesis Coastal Carolina.

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• Hillcats' Graham outduels Pelicans' Buckel 2-1 in Myrtle Beach

  A battle of top pitching　prospects was everything it was billed to be as Lynchburg’s J.R. Graham and Myrtle Beach’s Cody Buckel went toe-to-toe Wednesday in the Hillcats’ 2-1 win.

  05/24/2012 1:03 AM

• Hillcats get clutch hitting in 3-2 win over Pelicans

  Clutch hitting and solid pitching led Lynchburg to its second consecutive win, 3-2, over Myrtle Beach on Tuesday. It was a combined effort with Nick Ahmed and Chris Garcia leading the offense, while Dimasther Delgado led the pitching staff in a close game.

  05/23/2012 1:42 AM

• Lynchburg schools administrator to head Halifax County Schools

  Longtime Lynchburg City Schools administrator Merle Herndon will become superintendent of Halifax County Schools on July 1.

  05/21/2012 9:47 PM
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  Campbell County store robbed; authorities seek suspect

  Campbell County authorities are looking for a man who robbed a store on Wards Road in Altavista last night.

  05/18/2012 10:45 AM

• Virginia Tech baseball nips Liberty in bottom of ninth

  The Virginia Tech baseball team won its 18th straight non-conference game with a 4-3 walk-off victory over visiting Liberty on Tuesday at English Field. Hokies catcher Chad Morgan hit a one-out single in the bottom of the ninth to score shortstop Johnny Morales with the winning run.

  05/16/2012 12:16 AM

• Teams in next season's ACC/Big Ten Challenge announced

  The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team will host Iowa on Nov. 27 and Virginia will visit Wisconsin on Nov. 28 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

  05/14/2012 11:38 PM
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  Passing the crown

  Miss McMichael pageant celebrates 20 years

  05/11/2012 8:00 AM

• Hillcats' winning streak snapped at Wilmington

  The host Wilmington Blue Rocks snapped the Lynchburg Hillcats’ four-game winning streak with a 7-2 decision Thursday night. Lynchburg managed only six hits and committed three errors.

  05/10/2012 11:57 PM

• Hillcats push win streak to four with 1-0 win over Blue Rocks

  The Lynchburg Hillcats ran their winning streak to four games with a 1-0 victory over the host Wilmington Blue Rocks on Wednesday night.

  05/10/2012 12:07 AM

• Brookneal woman killed by car on U.S. 501

  A Brookneal woman was fatally struck Thursday by a car on U.S. 501, police said.

  05/04/2012 3:03 PM
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  Colorado bear

  This Thursday, April 26, 2012 photo provided by the CU Independent shows a bear that wandered into the University of Colorado Boulder, Colo., dorm complex Williams Village falling from a tree after being tranquilized by Colorado wildlife officials. Colorado University police spokesman Ryan Huff said the bear was likely 1-3 years old and weighed somewhere between 150-200 pounds.

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• Lynchburg man charged in Franklin County road-rage shooting

  A Lynchburg man is out on bond facing multiple charges after a “road rage” shooting incident on Virginia 116 in Franklin County early Saturday morning.

  04/30/2012 7:00 AM
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  David Wilson

  Virginia Tech running back David Wilson, a George Washington-Danville graduate, set a single-season rushing record for the Hokies last fall.

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• A peek at Virginia Tech's NFL Draft prospects

  Virginia Tech's players eligible for this weekend's NFL Draft, which starts with the first round tonight.

  04/25/2012 11:36 PM

• Hillcats' Gattis continues tear with two homers against Mudcats

  Evan Gattis continued his tear through the Carolina League, blasting two home runs and driving in five runs as the Hillcats pounded the Carolina Mudcats 14-8 Tuesday night in Zebulon, N.C.

  04/24/2012 11:51 PM
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  UPDATED: Appalachian Power wants fuel factor rate hike

  Appalachian Power filed a request with the state Tuesday to raise electricity rates to pay for the cost of fuel for its power plants.

  04/24/2012 10:24 PM
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  Seth Greenberg

  Seth Greenberg was fired as Virginia Tech's men's basketball coach on Monday.

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  LU football defense

  Liberty running back Dashawn Goodwin (26) fumbles after being hit in Saturday's Spring Game at Williams Stadium.

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• Liberty baseball upsets No. 7 UNC in Chapel Hill

  Liberty baseball coach Jim Toman really wanted this one, so he made an unorthodox move on Wednesday, turning to his usual Friday starting pitcher to get the Flames out of a late jam, helping LU to a 5-3 upset of No. 7 North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

  04/19/2012 12:27 AM