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Virginia-Florida St. Preview
Mainstays North Carolina and Duke unsurprisingly sit atop the ACC standings, though upstarts Florida State and Virginia are just as much a part of the race. The 21st-ranked Seminoles try to maintain at least a share of first Saturday with a seventh straight win overall and ninth consecutive home victory over the 16th-ranked Cavaliers, who can pull even with the Seminoles in the ACC race.

Virginia Tech football: Billy Hite enjoying new role after years on the sideline
Back in 1999, when Virginia Tech assistant Billy Hite took his name out of the running to be James Madison's head football coach, he did so with one caveat. Hite told Coach Frank Beamer and Athletic Director Jim Weaver he didn't want to be recruiting and coaching the Hokies' running backs when he turned 60. Read full article >>
Hanger replaces Houck as Madison's state senator
The change moves Madison County into the 24th District and out of the 17th District.
Madison supervisor avoids trial in alleged...
The community service will likely include driving a miniature train that the Madison County Sheriff’s Office operates for children and cleaning up a piece of county property
In Virginia, Touring Lesser-Known Civil War Sites
From left: Scenes from a relic-collector's tour in Virginia: Slaughter Pen Farm; at the White Oak Museum; re-enactors at Montpelier, James Madison's home.
Matthews: No QB Yet
HARRISONBURG - Mickey Matthews wasn't ready to name James Madison's starting quarterback after spring football practice concluded on a chilly, rainy Friday. In fact, Matthews said that decision won't likely come until August or September.
Montpelier waives admission on Madison's birthday
Wednesday also launches the War of 1812 bicentennial celebrations in Virginia.
JMU, Easily
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - If there were style points awarded for basketball games, James Madison's showing in its Colonial Athletic Association women's tournament quarterfinal against ninth-seeded Georgia State on Friday wouldn't have earned high marks - maybe no marks at all.But, despite 23 turnovers, foul troubles and a s
Woman robbed at gunpoint in Madison Food Lion...
According to a release from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, a female customer was approached by a lone black male Monday night who threatened to shoot her if she did not hand over her purse.
McDowell spurs William & Mary past JMU
As James Madison's Humpty Hitchens and William and Mary's Quinn McDowell were standing there during a lull in play Saturday night, Hitchens looked up at the scoreboard.
Three charged in Madison County for sex crimes
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office has charged three people with child sex crimes.
JMU's Past Helped Brady Lure Recruits
HARRISONBURG - To Matt Brady, James Madison's decade of struggles on the basketball court was easy to explain. JMU, the always-blunt Brady said, didn't have good enough players to compete in the rapidly improving Colonial Athletic Association.
Arrests made in break-in at Madison's K-Mart
Police say one of the suspects is also wanted in connection with a similar burglary in Eden
Fifth Or Sixth?
HARRISONBURG - James Madison's game today at Virginia Commonwealth could decide whether the Dukes open next week's Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament against lowly Towson, a team it swept, or William & Mary, a team it split with.Or today's game, more likely, could decide absolutely nothing.
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Madison's Jewett wins state title...
Madison’s Jewett wins state title at 160 pounds; Tigers’ freshman Reuss wins state championship; Liberty’s Region II games to be played today
Officials seek help with Madison homicide timeline
Anyone who encountered Rashad Matthew Riddick, 23, in the Madison County or Charlottesville areas should contact the Madison County Sheriff’s Office at (540) 948-5161
Tiny clues let Montpelier identify Madison's chess...
Officials have tracked down and purchased what they believe is an identical set from the period.
Stafford: Still basking in James Madison's glow
In the three years I have contributed to this newspaper, never have any of my stories -- gamers, features or otherwise -- received so much attention as did my early season prediction that James Madison University would upset No. 13 Virginia Tech.
Is It Cosh's Job To Lose' (Commentary by Chris...
HARRISONBURG - Mickey Matthews' implicit message to his quarterbacks was stark: Watch your backs. Billy Cosh has not been anointed James Madison's new starting quarterback yet, but the recently arrived transfer from Kansas State appears to be Option No. 1 heading into a crucial season for the Dukes.
Evans Kicks Into High Gear
HARRISONBURG - Dawn Evans once again leads the nation. In the past four games, James Madison's senior point guard has averaged 29.2 points - including a school-record 42-point outburst in an 82-80 win over Virginia on Dec. 20 - to help the Dukes win four in a row, their longest streak of the season.
Madison getting Mongolian yurt-inspired luxury...
Two luxury cabins modeled after Mongolian yurts are near completion at Madison County's Rose River Farm off Old Blue Ridge Turnpike (Route 670) just east of Bohannon Road (Route 600) in the Syria community.
Madison County man sentenced in hammer attack
A Madison County man was sentenced in Culpeper County Circuit Court Monday to eight months in prison in a 2009 attack that injured a 24-year-old woman.
1995: Virginia Tech's wonder year
BLACKSBURG - Chris Malone walked out of Lane Stadium on Sept. 6, the dreary, rainy day when James Madison beat Virginia Tech 21-16, in one of the most stunning upsets in Tech's history. Malone, James Madison's offensive line coach, was about to take a joyous bus ride back to Harrisonburg ...
College football: James Madison 14, Maine 10
ORONO, Maine -- James Madison's defense preserved a 14-10 victory over CAA foe Maine by stopping the Black Bears from the 3-yard-line on the final play of the game. The victory was JMU's second straight. The Dukes, who began their season with a stunning victory over Virginia Tech, finished 3-5 ...
Big Problem For JMU Foes'
HARRISONBURG - After 6-foot-6, 275-pound moose-of-a-power-forward Rayshawn Goins scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in James Madison's 75-61 loss at No. 3 Kansas State last week, a reporter asked Goins, a transfer from Cincinnati State junior college, how he could be so effective in his Division I debut, let alone against such a quality team.
?We'd Be In Top 5'
HARRISONBURG - James Madison's new offensive weapon didn't emerge from Saturday's upset of William & Mary unscathed. Redshirt freshman Dae'Quan Scott, who took over at quarterback and helped the Dukes' snap a four-game losing streak, suffered a bruised finger on his right hand and was limited in practice Monday.

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