Cell phone as sex toy? The struggle to respond to teen sexting

Last month, terror struck Albemarle County when a Dunlora teen vanished from her neighborhood late one night. Frantic, her parents took to social media to plead for help in what they described as an abduction, and police sprang into action, asking for the media’s assistance in issuing an alert. In the wake of other recent […]

Friends and colleagues remember another side of Gus Deeds

A week after his death, many of Gus Deeds’ longtime friends are still trying to reconcile the person they knew with the one the world was introduced to in grim headlines last Tuesday, when news broke that the 24-year-old son of State Senator Creigh Deeds had attacked his father before taking his own life at the […]

What’s happening in Charlottesville-Albemarle the week of November 25

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’s Historic Preservation Committee meets from 4:30-5:30pm in Conference Room 241 of the […]

UPDATE: Deeds in good condition; autopsy confirms son shot himself

We’ll be updating this story as more information about the attack on State Senator Creigh Deeds and his son’s apparent suicide becomes available. 8am 11/21/13 UPDATE: Creigh Deeds is now in good condition at UVA hospital, according to state police. An autopsy performed Wednesday morning by the Roanoke medical examiner confirmed that Deeds’ son Gus, […]