The two men arrested and charged with assault stemming from a December 20 incident on the Downtown Mall have filed complaints against their accusers. Further clouding an already murky situation, a witness to the event has offered her account. On January 17, nine days after they surrendered to police and were each charged with a […]
This story is part of our 2014 health issue, which also includes articles on mammography, concussions in young athletes, and rhabdomyolysis. Five years ago, if you’d mentioned the word “gluten,” you might have gotten a raised eyebrow and a question: “Isn’t that one of the seven deadly sins?” Today, you can’t walk through a grocery […]
“It’s fire! Fire! My kids and wife are inside!” The desperate 911 call made by an Albemarle County man who arrived home from work around 1:30am on January 18 to discover his home ablaze offers a heartbreaking glimpse into the tragedy that took the lives of 34-year-old Sayeda Nadia Ghaffer, 7-year-old Ammar Sheikh and 2-year-old […]
This story is part of our 2014 health issue, which also includes articles on mammography, concussions in young athletes, and gluten intolerance. Anyone who’s begun a new exercise program knows muscle soreness is possible, but that it’s usually gone after a couple of days of moaning and groaning when you move. Three days after she’d […]
A prominent local restaurateur and event planner is facing trial on two felony charges stemming from an August incident that began in a Downtown restaurant. Jean-Francois Legault, owner of The Event Company and the now defunct Glass Haus Kitchen and X Lounge restaurants, has been charged with abduction and strangulation of a former customer after a […]
A week after a chemical spill in West Virginia left 300,000 people without running water, a group of Charlottesvillians are holding a water drive and plan to truck it over the state line starting on Thursday, January 16. “It’s a crisis,” said Ian Babcock, founder of the new nonprofit Catalyst Productions, which is teaming up with […]
Lesson number one: The bus waits for no one. I find this out pretty darn quick as I hike up Elliott Avenue about three quarters of a mile south of the Downtown Mall on January 8 to catch a Charlottesville city bus for the very first time since I moved here 17 years ago. I’m […]
Charlottesville Police have arrested two men in association with the December 20 assault on the Downtown Mall, and, following the arrests, different accounts of the night have emerged. Malcolm James Stevenson, 25, and Richard Bernard Spears, 23, surrendered on Wednesday, January 8, according to Police Chief Tim Longo, who announced the arrests at a same-day […]
Charlottesville Police have arrested two men in association with the December 20 assault on the Downtown Mall. Malcolm James Stevenson, 25, and Richard Bernard Spears, 23, surrendered on Wednesday, January 8, according to Police Chief Tim Longo, who announced the arrests at a same-day press conference. Each has been charged with misdemeanor assault. Two other […]
Research has shown that school suspensions are linked to higher dropout rates and an increased risk of incarceration, and a new study by UVA education professor Dewey Cornell and the Legal Aid Justice Center brings more bad news: Black male students are suspended for minor infractions at more than twice the rate of white males. […]