UPDATED, 10:20am Thursday, September 18: Charlottesville police say videos of missing UVA student Hannah Graham on the Downtown Mall early Saturday morning have pointed them to a man who said he followed the 18-year-old and then saw her talking to another man. The first video, taken at 1:06am from Sal’s Pizza at 221 E. Main […]
UPDATED, 10:20am Thursday, September 18: Charlottesville police say videos of missing UVA student Hannah Graham on the Downtown Mall early Saturday morning have pointed them to a man who said he followed the 18-year-old and then saw her talking to another man. The first video, taken at 1:06am from Sal’s Pizza at 221 E. Main […]
Charlottesville Registrar Sherri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member and local defense attorney Stephanie Commander have been arrested and charged with felony misuse of public funds and embezzlement following a public scandal over taxpayer-funded cell phone accounts. Iachetta and Commander turned themselves in Wednesday, September 17, police said in a press release. Iachetta was charged […]
When Pamela Juers returned to the parking lot at the top of the Thomas Jefferson Parkway walking trail on Route 53 near Monticello after a Saturday morning stroll in May, she was startled by the sight that greeted her. “I instantly saw the passenger side window broken,” Juers recalled. Her purse, which she had tucked […]
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The family of missing UVA second-year Hannah Graham has issued a statement thanking the University community for support and asking for help in finding the 18-year-old girl, whom they say “would not disappear without contacting family and friends.” John and Susan Graham described their daughter as empathetic, highly responsible, and organized. “She loves the University of […]
It started over breakfast tacos. Alan Taylor and Johnny Pritzlaff of Riverbend Development—music mogul Coran Capshaw’s local real estate development company—were digging in one Saturday morning at Beer Run in January, talking about the future of the historic Coca Cola bottling plant at 722 Preston Avenue. The company had recently closed on the old plant, […]
Police are searching for a missing UVA second-year who went missing late Friday night. According to news releases from UVA and the Charlottesville Police Department, Hannah Elizabeth Graham, 18, was last heard from in the early hours of Saturday morning. She’s described as approximately 5’11” tall and slender, with blue eyes, light brown hair, and […]
Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board meets at 1pm Monday, September 15 in Room […]
Students are back, and with the influx of people needing rides to and from the Corner, business is picking up for local cab drivers after a slow season. But some cabbies are wary of a new kid in town that claims to be a safer, cheaper, easier alternative to taxis. Uber, an app-based ride-sharing service […]
Martha Jefferson Offers Free Spa Day for Expectant Moms, Other Events Martha Jefferson Starr Hill Center will host two spa days as part of its Baby Basics Moms Club, a support group for expectant mothers. The spa days will be Tuesday, September 16, 5:30-7:00pm and Tuesday, September 23, 9:30-11:30am at the Starr Hill Center location in […]