Welfare check: Burruss lawsuit against Albemarle police moves forward
Does an employer’s request for a welfare check on a man who has a gun but has made no threats to harm himself or others warrant holding him for two […]
Council split on Lee Park commission
City Council heard from around three dozen people at its marathon five-hour April 18 hearing on the statue of General Robert E. Lee and the forming of a blue ribbon […]
Jason Flom on rock ‘n’ roll and getting the innocent out of prison
Lava Records founder Jason Flom could be the most successful recording executive of this era. But it was his other great passion—for justice—that packed the Paramount at the Tom Tom […]
Felony charges in unlawful filming case stem from Bell bill
Forest Lakes resident Thomas Andrew Eagleson will remain in jail after his attorney, Rhonda Quagliana, told the judge in Albemarle General District Court this morning her client would not be […]
Teaching moment: Renaissance tradition v. Title IX
While Charlottesville debates a petition to remove the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a quieter controversy has been ongoing at UVA about a prominent work of art. One […]
Management issue(s): Mark Brown says city in default on Water Street Garage
The battle between Charlottesville Parking Center owner Mark Brown and the city got more heated with an April 6 letter from Brown that said the entity that runs the […]
Beyond bathrooms: Transgender symposium to educate health care providers
Amid the firestorm North Carolina ignited March 23 with its bathroom laws and a Virginia court case that will determine which restroom a Gloucester teen can use, a daylong transgender […]
Brown’s break-in: Perp in notorious gay-bashing case arrested again
Nineteen years ago, Charlottesville was horrified by the brutal assault on Evan Kittredge by assailants who beat, tortured and urinated on him, then left him to die in the trunk […]
Legislator pleads guilty in hit and run
Albemarle’s favorite delegate with a rap sheet, Rustburg resident Matt Fariss, R-59th, pleaded guilty to a hit-and-run charge March 25 in Campbell County, and claims the incident that sent his […]
Alleged man with gun frightens Venable community
Imagine you’re a parent driving up to your child’s elementary school and seeing it swarming with police cars. That was the scene this morning for moms and dads dropping off […]