Slade Allen Woodson, the 19-year-old charged with the shootings along Interstate 64 that shut down schools and some businesses at the end of March, has pleaded guilty to six felony counts stemming from the Waynesboro portion of the evening, according to The Daily Progress.
The July 9 Board of Supervisors meeting had all the makings of another knockdown, drag-out stand off. Lane Auditorium was opened up to overflow and abou
The Daily Progress ceased all printing operations at its W. Rio Road facility last week, canning 25 workers in the process. The local daily immediately started rolling out of a Hanover County press where the Richmond Times-Dispatch has been printed. Both papers are owned by Richmond-based Media General, which also owns the press and is […]
Saint Anne’s-Belfield, the Charlottesville private school adept at soaking up the children of the elites, including those of John Grisham and Howie Long, has been granted $30 million in low-interest loans issued by the Albemarle County Industrial Development Authority to expand its lower school campus and, in the process, tear down a 94-year-old house that […]
Last night had all the makings of another knockdown, drag out stand off. Lane Auditorium was opened up to overflow and about 200 people filled the seats, most of them county residents there to support “land use tax.†There were boos, cheers and spontaneous mutterings.
After receiving only one bid, from the developer they expected, City Council will hold a public hearing on the sale of two lots near the corner of Cherry Avenue and Ridge Street, which, if sold, could usher in dense development on what is some of the only vacant land near Downtown. The two discontiguous lots, […]
The city of Richmond is gradually staking its claim on Ed Ayers. The former UVA dean of Arts and Sciences has just finished his first year as president of the University of Richmond, and Style Weekly put Ayers on its cover this week, generally calling his start a success.
Dredging of the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir is coming closer to a reality, one board meeting at a time.
Though Charlottesville pays a lot of lip service to preserving its historic structures—devoting an entire chapter of its comprehensive plan to the subject—it’s easy for property owners to think they’re the ones who have to pay the price for the city’s principles. The city’s approach is often more stick than carrot. When the city designates […]
Last season, the UVA football team eked out unlikely win after unlikely win, finishing 6-2 in the ACC and becoming the first NCAA team to win five games by two points or less.