Playing on Sundays [April 26]

While other UVA undergrads were getting drunk in a field, football phenom Chris Long was donning a St. Louis Rams hat after being selected second overall at the NFL Draft. The defensive end wasn’t the only Cav tapped in the first round: Branden Albert, a lineman expected to move to left tackle in the pros, […]

We have a budget [April 24]

State lawmakers reconvened yesterday to take final action for the 2008 General Assembly regular session, passing a two-year, $77 billion budget and giving Governor Tim Kaine the power to appoint his own nominee to the state corporation commission, according to today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Local news, defined [April 19]

Think that the carefully combed coiffure of NBC29 weekend anchor Matt Talhelm seemed particularly crisp at 6pm? In a press release issued hours before the premiere, NBC29 announced that the station would unveil Central Virginia’s first local news broadcast in high definition digital video, the culmination of five years of work and $3 million. No […]