Today's News

His attorney announced last week that U.S. Army staff sergeant Robert Bales will plead guilty to the murder of 16 Afghan civilians, most of them children, in order to avoid the death penalty.
    The attack, the worst U.S. atrocity of the long occupation of Afghanistan, happened in March of 2012, when Bales left his base on two separate occasions to carry out the murders.

Eric Holder has to go.
    Controversial from the start, the US Attorney General has gone so far over the line even many on his side of the fence have had enough.
    Just this week, when asked by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte to go on the record to explain his contradictory testimony—as in what he said about not wanting to punish journalists just doing their job, while at the same time seeking to do just that—Holder refused to appear, instead having a subordinate file a letter on his behalf.

The Jefferson Forest Lady Cavs punched their ticket to the State tourney by punching their way through the Blue Ridge District's best.

Over a four-evening stretch, the JF booters took on three teams from the Blue Ridge, and dispatched the trio handily.

When the lasses in red and black wrapped up this skein with a 2-0 win over Northside in Friday's regional championship bout, they finally got a chance to drink in the sweet success of winning (yet) another Region III crown.

On the basketball court, Mikalah Jones is known as a triple-threat player.  

Now the Liberty sophomore will also be known as a triple-jump player.

That's because Jones soared to victory in the triple jump at last weekend's State AA track championship.

Jones was pure perfection as she launched herself an astounding 39 feet, 1.25 inches.

That jump was a) more than a foot and a half better than her previous best effort and b) exactly one foot better than the best jump of runner-up Erin Morant (Liberty-Bealton).