Alexis Murphy’s aunt finds inspiration in new career
The death of any loved one can be staggering, but when someone simply vanishes, it can be even more difficult, said Trina Murphy, the great aunt of Nelson County teenager […]
Outrage in Orange County: Black history program upsets cop
Orange is the new Black History Month flashpoint following a March 12 high school program titled “Black Lives Matter.” An anonymous deputy called the event “anti-police” and “political” in a […]
Saving Sweet Briar: Inside the fight to save the 114-year-old women’s college
Dressed in the school’s colors of pink and green, waving signs bearing welcoming messages—“Holla Holla,” and “Vixens forever”— Sweet Briar alumnae from around the country converged on the bucolic women’s […]
Police: No evidence to support Jackie’s claims in Rolling Stone rape story
Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo said in a press conference Monday, March 23 that investigators have found no evidence to support the claims of a 2012 gang rape at UVA’s […]
Sweet Briar fight: First legal salvo fired by alumnae legal team
Weeks after the board of Sweet Briar voted to shutter the school following the spring semester, alumnae and faculty are fighting back, raising more than $3 million through the nonprofit […]
Corner bar releases statement on Martese Johnson arrest
The Corner bar that denied Martese Johnson entry shortly before the UVA third-year was arrested in a bloody confrontation with Virginia Alcholic Beverage Control (ABC) police early last Wednesday morning […]
UVA students express anger at forum with police, march out in protest
Tensions ran high in UVA’s Newcomb Hall Theater Friday afternoon as students confronted police and other public officials at a forum organized by the University’s Student Council in response to the […]
Video footage of March 18 Martese Johnson protest
“It really surprised me a lot, anything like this happening in Charlottesville,” said 17-year-old Greg Nachmanovitch, who documented the Wednesday, March 18, protest over the arrest of UVA student Martese […]
Waterhouse condos go on the market
Nearly four years after architect Bill Atwood completed a mixed-use building on Water Street to house the educational travel agency WorldStrides, the 17 deluxe condos on the top floors have […]
Oversized book on overpopulation
A group concerned with local growth is distributing a seven-pound, 300-page coffee table book on overpopulation. Advocates for Sustainable Albemarle Population (ASAP) presented copies of Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot to the […]