Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles (Photo: Virginia House of Delegates)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP)- Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles has died at age 79. The Democrat was known as the "transportation governor" and for his work to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and increase foreign trade.
Gov. Ralph Northam issued a statement from Baliles' family saying the state's former chief executive died Tuesday. He had been battling cancer.
Baliles, who served from 1986 to 1990, pushed through a 10-year, $10 billion transportation initiative during the first year of his administration that required increases in the gas and sales taxes.
Baliles kept up the fight for better transportation long after he left the Executive Mansion, calling for Virginia to install tolls on interstates to raise money for transportation projects.
Thursday night's fight broke out in the game's third period. (Photo courtesy: Cape Gazette/Dave Fred
Thursday night's fight broke out in the game's third period. (Photo courtesy: Cape Gazette/Dave Frederick)
A boys basketball game between Cape Henlopen and Sussex Tech high schools devolved into a three-on-three contest after a bench-clearing brawl, and only three of those players were left on the court at the buzzer.
Thursday night's game ended with only one player on the court for Cape Henlopen and two for Sussex Tech. Sussex Tech won the game 63-62.
A boys basketball game between Cape Henlopen and Sussex Tech high schools devolved into a three-on-three contest after a bench-clearing brawl, and only three of those players were left on the court at the buzzer.
Thursday night's game ended with only one player on the court for Cape Henlopen and two for Sussex Tech. Sussex Tech won the game 63-62.
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Former Virginia Gov. Gerald Baliles (Photo: Virginia House of Delegates)
