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Mandatory water restrictions went into effect Friday in the Town of Woodstock as drought conditions continue across the Shenandoah Valley, town officials announced.

The bill would expand public oversight of federal agency settlement agreements.

Timber theft is a real issue in the Old Dominion

Trailing by as many as 19 (44-25) late in the first half, James Madison men’s basketball stormed back for a 70-69 win over the Old Dominion Monarchs on Saturday afternoon in front of a season-high 5,585 fans at the Atlantic Union Bank Center.

Crystal Henderson drove and dished to Cheyenne Hollman who scored with 0.4 seconds remaining in overtime to give Georgia State women’s basketball a 72-70 overtime victory over James Madison inside the GSU Convocation Center on Saturday afternoon.

Scores from boys and girls’ basketball games around the state.

Following a historic season, in which James Madison won its first Sun Belt Conference championship and earned a berth in the College Football Playoff, former head coach Bob Chesney was named a finalist for the 2025 Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year.

James Madison trimmed a 13-point deficit to 64-62 with two minutes remaining, but could not complete the comeback, as the Dukes fell to Marshall, 66-64, at the Atlantic Union Bank Center on Wednesday night.

Georgia Southern women’s basketball shot 55.2% (32-of-58) from the field, including 72.7% (8-of-11) in the fourth quarter, for a 78-70 victory over James Madison inside Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center on Wednesday night.

The sale includes the turkey processing plant in Dayton, which employs more than 1,000 people.