Daily News Record

2 days ago | dnronline.com | Catie Harper

Earlier this month, James Madison released slides highlighting possible updates that could appear in the university’s next master plan, which is currently being developed. Once the plan is fully developed later this summer, it’ll be presented and voted on by the JMU Board of Visitors in September. Following its approval, Sasaki, an architecture, planning, landscape and design firm, will release a report online.

2 days ago | dnronline.com | Catie Harper

Christopher Bispham’s recruitment journey wasn’t a straight path. The 6-foot-1, 260-pound defensive lineman felt that he had earned a chance at being heavily recruited, but that wasn’t necessarily the reality. Bispham had put together good seasons at the varsity level at Havelock High School in North Carolina, including a junior year where he recorded 106 total tackles. But much of the messaging was the same — he was just a bit too short. “It was upsetting and made me upset a lot,” Bispham said.

3 days ago | dnronline.com | Robert Niedzwiecki

BERRYVILLE — When spring started, Andre Kidrick had no idea that his many years of guiding Clarke County High School's track & field athletes and football players would be coming to an end. The 54-year-old Kidrick wound up closing out his career in a manner most people can only dream of. In his 18th season as Clarke County's head track coach, the Eagles' girls' team won their first state title since 2009 and the school's first state team track title overall since the boys won in 2010.

3 days ago | dnronline.com | Catie Harper

It was another busy weekend on the commitment front for James Madison and its 2026 recruiting class. The Dukes earned nine more verbal commitments since last Thursday, bringing the recruiting class to 18 current members for 2026. On offense, JMU picked up commitments from offensive linemen Jack Harris and Michael Price, receiver Elijah Moss-Williams and running back Phoenix Donghia.

3 days ago | dnronline.com | Jennifer Peltz

Bragg defeated Patrick Timmins — a litigator, law professor and former Bronx assistant district attorney — to advance to November's general election. About 70% of registered Manhattan voters are Democrats. The first-term incumbent will face Republican Maud Maron, who was a public defender for decades and previously ran for Congress and NYC's City Council as a Democrat. Bragg has long been one of the nation's most prominent prosecutors, spotlighted in TV's “Law & Order” and other shows.