University of Richmond

We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...

A new report says the University of Virginia remains one of the nation's least socioeconomically diverse public schools but commends the University of Richmond for serving low-income students. The report released Wednesday by the New America...

Revolutionary War Major Gen. Adam Stephen, Martinsburg’s founder, was a rival of George Washington’s in Virginia politics before he was removed from his post in the Army, his biographer said Tuesday. Stephen’s dismissal after the...

All John Laub wanted at the end of the weekend was to have an opportunity to prove himself to an NFL team. And, the former Parkland High and University of Richmond quarterback has received that chance courtesy of an invite by the Detroit Lions. Unless...

A body of work that features just 10 career starts for a nonplayoff FCS college program usually is not enough to get a quarterback noticed by the NFL. But John Laub is not your average nonplayoff FCS quarterback. The 2008 Parkland High School graduate,...

Senate Republicans criticized the nomination Monday of former state labor secretary Thomas E. Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor, signaling the longtime civil rights lawyer will face a contentious confirmation over his approach to the law and...

Lance Armstrong called himself a lot of names -- liar, bully, jerk and even humanitarian -- in the first part of his taped interview with Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night. Nevertheless, early reactions suggest that his performance was found lacking, a...

George Huguely V, the former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted last year of drunkenly beating to death his girlfriend Yeardley Love, has asked the Virginia Court of Appeals to review his case. Huguely's attorneys argued in a petition filed...

Six high school seniors are serving as student pages for the 2013 Maryland General Assembly. Emma Zyriek of C. Milton Wright High School, Alexander McArtor of Fallston High School, Emily Clarke and Bryan Doherty of The John Carroll School, Andrew...

Joe Moglia's hire as head coach of the United Football League's new Virginia Destroyers isn't just out-of-the-box, it's out-of-the-factory-where-they-make-the-box. Moglia, as chronicled elsewhere, is a Bigfoot businessman with a nine-figure portfolio...

Timeline of Chief Charles "Chuck" Jordan Jr.'s career with the Hampton Police Division and highlights of the cigarette sting operation: 1978: Jordan graduates with high honors from Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, and takes the oath of a Hampton...

Sheriff Darrell Warren, facing a challenge from Clarence Bowser, answered three questions we posed to him on the upcoming Tuesday election. Daily Press: What is the message you are taking to voters on why they should vote for you heading into the...