The two men arrested and charged with assault stemming from a December 20 incident on the Downtown Mall have filed complaints against their accusers. Further clouding an already murky situation, a witness to the event has offered her account. On January 17, nine days after they surrendered to police and were each charged with a […]
The two men arrested and charged with assault stemming from a December 20 incident on the Downtown Mall have filed complaints against their accusers. Further clouding an already murky situation, a witness to the event has offered her account. On January 17, nine days after they surrendered to police and were each charged with a […]
In early January, Delegate Steve Landes drove from his home in Weyers Cave to Crozet, about 38 miles away, to meet with his constituents in the 25th District who live in Albemarle County. The first three questions he received in the town hall meeting were about redistricting reform. In the past two national elections and […]
The Charlottesville Circuit Court stays busy: The city’s police department reported a total of 381 crimes committed in 2012. The Circuit Court opened 399 criminal files and 406 civil files that same year. For a population of roughly 44,000, that’s no small potatoes. It seems one of the many legacies left by the city’s patriarch […]
Martha Jefferson Starr Hill Center Kicks off Baby Basics Moms Club On Tuesday evening, Martha Jefferson’s Starr Hill Center filled with the spicy scent of kabobs from Vinegar Hill Cafe and the sounds of chatter and laughter as moms-to-be and other community members attended the center’s kickoff for Baby Basics Moms’ Club. Martha Jefferson’s Starr […]
Since last November’s elections removed from state and local office some of the biggest champions of the proposed Western Bypass, the decades-long debate over whether to build the 6.2-mile, $244 million road around Charlottesville has been in a holding pattern. Albemarle County has seated new anti-Bypass appointees on the area’s Metropolitan Planning Organization, which could […]
Pick up a copy of C-VILLE each Wednesday for the latest stories and news briefs—this week’s are below. Creigh Deeds: “It’s clear the system failed” State Senator Creigh Deeds spoke in detail of his son Gus’ November 19 attack on him and subsequent suicide in an interview on CBS’ 60 minutes earlier this week, offering […]
This story is part of our 2014 health issue, which also includes articles on concussions in young athletes, rhabdomyolysis, and gluten intolerance. Just over four years ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force—an independent, federally funded panel of physicians—rocked the cancer community when it changed its breast cancer screening guidelines, recommending that women get mammograms […]
This story is part of our 2014 health issue, which also includes articles on mammography, concussions in young athletes, and rhabdomyolysis. Five years ago, if you’d mentioned the word “gluten,” you might have gotten a raised eyebrow and a question: “Isn’t that one of the seven deadly sins?” Today, you can’t walk through a grocery […]
“It’s fire! Fire! My kids and wife are inside!” The desperate 911 call made by an Albemarle County man who arrived home from work around 1:30am on January 18 to discover his home ablaze offers a heartbreaking glimpse into the tragedy that took the lives of 34-year-old Sayeda Nadia Ghaffer, 7-year-old Ammar Sheikh and 2-year-old […]
This story is part of our 2014 health issue, which also includes articles on mammography, rhabdomyolysis, and gluten intolerance. Helmet? Check. Shoulder pads? Check. Tiny biometric brain injury sensor? Check. You won’t see the quarter-sized computerized devices tucked behind their ears, but more than 100 local high school and college athletes are donning the sensors […]