The Hairstons on Yardley’s last list
Pulitzer Prize-winning book reviewer Jonathan Yardley bowed out this week after 33 years as a critic with The Washington Post. On his list of 30 favorite books, he included local […]
Preschooler handcuffed and shackled in Greene
An allegedly out-of-control 4-year-old prompted a call to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office in October, according to a report by Hawes Spencer on WVTF radio. The child apparently raised a […]
Two-hour shuffle: Biz group wants free street parking axed
As owner of the Charlottesville Parking Center, Mark Brown acknowledges right off the bat that his push to eliminate free street parking downtown raises an obvious question about whether he […]
Witnesses come forward to support Mark Weiner’s claims of innocence
Two new witnesses have come forward in the case of former Food Lion manager Mark Weiner to dispute the story of the young woman who claimed he abducted her. The […]
Keeping track
She didn’t realize at first she’d interrupted a burglary. The elderly, deaf dog was dozing on her usual chair and everything looked fine. But when the homeowner, let’s call her […]
Buried history: A 1954 case of sexual misconduct at UVA comes to light
Again and again in the national debate over UVA’s handling of campus sexual assault that followed Rolling Stone’s explosive and discredited story about an alleged gang rape, news outlets—including this […]
Journalism prof: Rolling Stone debacle illustrates “dilution of ethics”
More than two weeks after Rolling Stone’s “A Rape on Campus” exploded onto the national scene and then imploded into a victim-blaming retraction, the story itself promises to live on—as […]
Thinking positive: A Charlottesville nonprofit’s new tactics in the fight against HIV
It’s a Wednesday night, and in the basement of a converted home at 315 10th St. NE in Charlottesville’s Martha Jefferson neighborhood, seven HIV-positive men are sharing Subway sandwiches and […]
UPDATE: Police arrest Gene Everett Washington in Rugby Ave. double murder
UPDATE, 1pm Tuesday, December 9: Seventeen-year-old Mani Aldridge knew the man who is charged with the murder of her and her mother in their Rugby Avenue home, Charlottesville Police Chief […]
“Evil, senseless and brutal”: Police hunt killer in Rugby Avenue slayings
At a press conference three days after a mother and daughter were found beaten to death inside their burned Rugby Avenue home, Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo asked for the […]