Virginia is for gun lovers

 On April 12, an affidavit arrived in the clerk’s office at Augusta County Circuit Court with a confession from Ralph Leon Jackson, the 56-year-old Stuarts Draft resident charged with first-degree and attempted capital murder in connection with the April 5 Blue Ridge Parkway shootings. The same day, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli attended a pro-gun […]

Darden celebrates first professor on his 100th birthday

Doctor John Douglas Forbes—that’s “J.D. Forbes,” to the readers of his mystery novels—will celebrate a belated 100th birthday on Friday, as part of a reunion weekend for classes of the Darden School of Business. Forbes arrived at the University of Virginia in 1954 as a professor of business history and, with Professor Forrest Hyde and […]

The Haven battles rising homelessness

 On January 26, members of the Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless (TJACH) spent the day counting beds in local homeless shelters, noting how many were occupied. After that, they moved on to lines at local soup kitchens, groups in day shelters and public parks. By the time they finished, they had counted 219 […]