Mayor Walker announces city manager out by December
Mayor Nikuyah Walker announced this afternoon that the city will not renew City Manager Maurice Jones’ contract, which ends December 7. She said an earlier separation date could be mutually […]
Federal judge to rule on motions to dismiss in August 12 victims’ case
In a lawsuit filed on behalf of 10 alleged victims of last summer’s deadly August weekend in which hundreds of white supremacists and neo-Nazis descended upon Charlottesville, a federal judge […]
Activist-theologian: Kessler protester talks about trespassing arrest
When about 40 protesters gathered at the University of Virginia School of Law library in April to chase off Jason Kessler, one man was arrested—and it wasn’t the one who […]
‘Commie killer’ Daniel Borden enters plea, is found guilty
Another man charged with malicious wounding in the August 12 Market Street Parking Garage beatdown of DeAndre Harris has been convicted. Daniel Borden, whose local TV station and newspaper have […]
Sound check: Crozet resident not a big fan of vineyard noise
Wineries are often considered the local rural area’s crown jewels, but the living isn’t always easy for those with homes near one. The hum of a giant fan at a […]
Wegmans encounter: City clerk a victim of racial profiling
‘‘You gotta be kidding me, right?” That was Gwen Williams’ initial response when a manager at the local Wegmans approached her in her car on May 2, said he’d received […]
Bad babysitter: Forest Lakes daycare operator pleads guilty
Kathy Yowell-Rohm spoke softly as she pleaded guilty May 7 to felony cruelty or injury to a child and operating a home daycare without a license after police found 16 […]
Guilty: First August 12 parking garage beater convicted
A Charlottesville jury decided May 1 that a man from Ward, Arkansas, who took part in a brutal beatdown of a local black man in the Market Street Parking […]
Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll: New apartment complex promises at least one of those
Next fall, residents of a new housing complex on West Main Street might have 99 problems, but their apartment won’t be one of them—or at least, that’s the verbiage that […]
Booze bracelet: Cantwell’s public intoxication charge violates terms of bond
“Drunk,” “loaded” and “liquored up” were all words used in Albemarle County Circuit Court to describe the state of “Crying Nazi” Chris Cantwell during his Loudoun County arrest last month […]