Appearing before the Charlottesville Circuit Court on June 26, Jonathan Spivey entered into a plea agreement that has the former Charlottesville High School choir director facing up to 20 years in prison. Spivey, who’s married and a father of two, was indicted by a grand jury in November on seven counts of custodial indecent liberties […]
Correction appended Charlottesville voters will be looking at a new spot on the ballot this fall as a result of the city’s membership in the Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District (TJSWCD). The city has been a member since 2006, but this is the first full year of membership. Charlottesville joined too late last […]
On July 15, Alix Bryan will be puttering south out of Washington, D.C., on a scooter. Almost two months and more than 9,000 miles later, she hopes to be pulling up to Dubya’s “Western White House” in Crawford, Texas. It’s what she’s doing in between that she wants the world to know about. Alix Bryan […]
On July 1, a new set of Virginia driving laws took effect, including Libertarian-rankling cell phone-usage restrictions and booster seat requirements. But one of the new laws is sure to infuriate and possibly bankrupt thousands of Virginia drivers, starting immediately. Taking its cue from similar measures in New Jersey, Virginia has enacted a set of […]
On the morning of June 1, a bank robbery was thwarted when sharp-eyed city property maintenance inspector Cory Jordan called 911 after spotting a robbery in progress at the Union Bank and Trust on the Downtown Mall. But for every Cory Jordan, there’s gotta be at least one or two Edward Sanchezes—he’s the Dearborn, Michigan […]
Hang on. Don’t ready those Rant-dialing fingers yet. We really like this place, and there are at least a dozen reasons why. Herewith, a brief list of the areas where Charlottesville goes above and beyond what anyone could expect of our humble town. It’s not what’s missing, it’s what’s here. Headliners We know of no […]
In 2004, Bert Sperling’s Cities Ranked and Rated was released to considerable fanfare. USA Today and the “Today Show” covered it. So did C-VILLE.
Every once in a while, we at C-VILLE feel the need to mock the accomplishments of the only people more eggheady
GMAC Insurance recently released the results of a nationwide survey that tested drivers’ knowledge of the roads, and it’s not pretty, Virginia. Virginia ranked 41st in the nation, with 26 percent of Virginia drivers failing the thing outright. The list of states who fared worse than Virginia is a motley crew of Bostonians, Jerseyites and […]
Pity the stenographer who gets a little confused: Kappa Sigma Fraternity, a 234-chapter organization founded in 1869 at UVA with its national headquarters in Charlottesville, has initiated a lawsuit against the Kappa Sigma Memorial Foundation. The Fraternity’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court on May 16, alleges that the Foundation has been unlawfully using trademarked […]