Howard Swayne, a retired stone mason contractor, was not planning on coming home with a set of pre-Columbian gold pieces when he visited a friend in New Mexico. But the rare objects caught his eye, and Swayne couldn’t help feeling they were not-to-be-missed. The collection includes a gold frog pendant and a gold collar, both […]
The defense for Jesse Matthew Jr., now on trial for the murder of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, filed three motions to the Albemarle Circuit Court September 8. While two of the three motions are frequently seen in cases where the death penalty is sought, the defense’s third is a rarity. Graham went missing […]
Carter Mountain, Charlottesville’s popular site for fall apple picking and barbecue, has become the scene of police investigations for the third time in a year as the latest in a string of strange happenings was reported this past Wednesday. First was the discovery of skeletal remains found August 26 along Route 20 near the I-64 […]