Life and politics from the Sunshine State's best city

Tag archive

Virginia Tech - page 2

A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs

in Statewide/Top Headlines by

A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns on Monday, eight days after the horror of Orlando’s mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knotted them in gridlock anyway — even over restricting firearms for terrorists. In largely party-line votes, rejected were one proposal from each side to keep extremists from acquiring guns and another shoring up the government’s existing system of required background checks for many firearms purchases. With the chamber’s visitors’ galleries unusually crowded…

Keep Reading

Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer gets close victory in final game

in Sports/Top Headlines by

Virginia Tech sent longtime coach Frank Beamer out a winner Saturday night as the Hokies held on for a wild Independence Bowl victory. The Hokies won 55-52 over a Tulsa team that would not go away. It made for one of the highest-scoring, wackiest bowl games of the season. Virginia Tech scored 45 points in the first half alone, taking a two-touchdown lead into the second half. It was 52-37 going into the fourth quarter. Tulsa scored the final 15…

Keep Reading

Go to Top
s?ver=2.5.2" id="wi-main-js">