UVA Hosts Inaugural Keswick Cup

The UVA women’s golf program and Keswick Hall will host the inaugural Keswick Cup Monday, Oct. 26, at the Pete Dye-designed Full Cry course near Charlottesville. An official practice round is Sunday.

The nine-team field is led by No. 4 Virginia and No. 23 Virginia Tech, with Richmond, William & Mary, Radford, Longwood, Cincinnati, Jacksonville State, and Bucknell also competing. North Carolina will send individual players rather than a full team.

Virginia enters after a runner-up finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate. Its lineup includes Jaclyn LaHa, ranked No. 2 nationally, and Zoe Cusack, ranked No. 10.

Coach Ria Scott says the course and professional atmosphere will simulate postseason pressure. Spectators are welcome, and live scoring will be available online.

Sledgehammer Damages Iwo Jima Replica

A Stafford man, Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, is accused of using a sledgehammer to knock a figure’s head off the Iwo Jima memorial near Quantico, reportedly causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

Police say they found Soriano damaging the statue shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday. He faces two felony charges and misdemeanor trespassing, and is being held without bond while his court date is pending.

The 9-foot limestone replica depicts the 1945 flag-raising on Mount Suribachi, captured in Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer-winning photograph; repairs are expected to be challenging.

Eli Lilly Breaks Ground on $5B Goochland Plant

Eli Lilly broke ground Thursday on its $5 billion manufacturing facility at West Creek Business Park in Goochland County, more than a year after announcing the project.

The roughly 1-million-square-foot plant will produce targeted cancer treatments called antibody-drug conjugates, along with active ingredients and finished medicines. Lilly expects about 650 permanent jobs and 1,800 construction jobs.

Lilly selected Goochland from more than 400 proposals across 46 states and bought the 227-acre site for about $38.4 million. It also committed $40 million to workforce training, including a Goochland training center targeted to open in 2028.

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➤ Roanoke: The Virginia Department of Forensic Science has sent more than 2,600 firearm-comparison cases handled by two former examiners at its Western Laboratory for review after a failed proficiency test. Of the 89 cases an outside reviewer has returned so far, at least four were reworked and two had results changed. (More)

➤ Potomac River: A proposal for electric hydrofoil ferries would connect Georgetown, The Wharf, Navy Yard, Old Town Alexandria and National Harbor, with backers saying the boats could cut some travel times in half; the plan remains in the study phase. (More)

➤ Daleville: Carilion Clinic broke ground on a 40,000-square-foot facility that will house Botetourt County’s only full-service hospital emergency room and specialty care, with completion expected in 2027. (More)

➤ Tazewell County: The county’s 11 volunteer fire departments merged into one company on Oct. 15, uniting about 170 volunteers across three battalions, while a part-time crew with a 24/7 engine is planned for North Tazewell in the spring. (More)

➤ Chesterfield County: The Planning Commission unanimously recommended Nunnally Village, a 204-acre project with up to 1,000 homes, a 135,000-square-foot Kroger and an HCA hospital; the Board of Supervisors has final say. (More)

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➤ Virginia volleyball let an early edge slip away on Friday, falling 3-1 at Syracuse after winning the opening set and coming within a point of a two-set lead. (More)

➤ Virginia Tech volleyball couldn’t turn late pushes into a breakthrough on Friday, falling 3-0 at Boston College despite Destiny Walker’s 11 kills and 16 digs as the Hokies dropped to 5-13. (More)

➤ Christiansburg swept Blacksburg 3-0 Thursday to clinch the River Ridge District regular-season volleyball title. (More)

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➤ 1 15 41: Tragedy to Triumph, a documentary about UVA football’s journey from the 2022 shooting to its 11-win 2025 season, makes its world premiere Sunday at the Virginia Film Festival, which runs through the weekend. (More)

➤ The 53rd Blue Ridge Folklife Festival runs today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Ferrum College, with four music stages, storytelling, a car show, a petting zoo, and new additions including an 1800s-style farm museum and a contemporary artisan showcase. Admission is free this year, with a flat parking fee per vehicle. (More)

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➤ The Trump administration has canceled some of its toughest tariffs on Canada, less than two weeks before the midterms. (Listen Now)

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