Venable teacher Corey Schock at home before reporting to prison

The former Venable Elementary School teacher who pleaded guilty earlier this year to a single count of online coercion and enticement of a minor and was sentenced to serve 10 years in federal prison with no chance of parole was permitted to move home with his wife and two children after a judge agreed to […]

Weekend of violence: Wertland area rocked by alleged assaults in the days around Hannah Graham’s disappearance

More than a week after 18-year-old Hannah Graham disappeared in the early hours of Saturday, September 13, Charlottesville police are offering limited information on several alleged assaults that occurred near UVA Grounds. While the alleged assaults and Graham’s disappearance all occurred within the same 48-hour period, police say they are unrelated and in one case […]

Hannah Graham case POI worked as cab driver

As police search for a person of interest in the Hannah Graham case after losing track of him on Saturday, September 20, details about his employment history are emerging. “On Saturday, we became aware that several years ago Jesse Matthew worked at Yellow Cab,” said Yellow Cab of Charlottesville owner Mark Brown, who told C-VILLE that […]

Police lose track of POI as search for Hannah Graham enters second week

The parents of missing UVA student Hannah Graham spoke publicly for the first time at an afternoon press conference today, one week after their daughter was reported missing and minutes after Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo told assembled reporters that police have lost track of the person of interest in her disappearance. “I believe Jesse […]

UPDATED: Video shows man following missing UVA student Hannah Graham

UPDATED, 10:20am Thursday, September 18: Charlottesville police say videos of missing UVA student Hannah Graham on the Downtown Mall early Saturday morning have pointed them to a man who said he followed the 18-year-old and then saw her talking to another man. The first video, taken at 1:06am from Sal’s Pizza at 221 E. Main […]

‘Felony Lane’ identity theft scam strikes in Albemarle

When Pamela Juers returned to the parking lot at the top of the Thomas Jefferson Parkway walking trail on Route 53 near Monticello after a Saturday morning stroll in May, she was startled by the sight that greeted her. “I instantly saw the passenger side window broken,” Juers recalled. Her purse, which she had tucked […]

Taking pride: Family festival celebrates diversity

This week marks our first-ever pride issue—just in time for Charlottesville’s Pride Festival this weekend. Check out our other feature stories on deciding whether to marry as a gay couple, on UVA’s lack of gender-neutral housing for trans students, and on what it was like to be gay at CHS in the ’90s. When Amy […]