HARRISONBURG - After the Dukes trailed for the first few minutes of the game, guard Courtney Hamner drilled a 3-pointer to put them on top for good, sending longtime fan Juanita Swartz jumping to her feet.

The cost of doing business will be a key topic at Monday's monthly meeting in Stanley of the Contract Poultry Growers Association of the Virginias.

HARRISONBURG - The Harrisonburg Fire Department is using daylight-saving time to get an important message to the public.

HARRISONBURG - Retired Virginia State Police Superintendent and Harrisonburg resident Denny Meade Slane died Thursday at Rockingham Memorial Hospital at the age of 85.

HARRISONBURG - The deadline for removing trash from sidewalks after being tagged by Harrisonburg workers will likely be reduced from three days to 24 hours beginning March 24, according to a proposed city ordinance.

HARRISONBURG - Gang investigators arrested six city teenagers this week on gang and vandalism charges stemming from graffiti found on at least four city streets, authorities announced Friday.

HARRISONBURG - Downtown restaurateurs aimed to target both the local crowd and college students with the latest installment of the biannual

Player To Watch: Junior guard Chris Knight led the Gobblers in scoring during the regular season at nearly 18 points per game.

A Trend' Last season, Freedom became the first school from Loudoun County to win a basketball title (boys' or girls') by beating R.E. Lee for the Division 3 girls' championship. The Eagles were followed about six hours later by Loudoun County, which whipped TA in the D-4 girls' championship game.

HARRISONBURG - Jason Eldredge decided his team needed some time off this week after the postseason gauntlet of district, regional and state tournaments. So instead of a traditional practice, the Freedom High School girls' basketball coach made Wednesday Fun Day.

HARRISONBURG - It was a fairly innocuous conversation at the time, just an exchange between coaching colleagues who had no real idea how their respective seasons would play out.

Dr. Laura Mann will present Operatunity, an evening of opera and musical theater scenes, at 7:30 p.m. on March 26 at Blue Ridge Community College's Fine Arts Center.

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