Previous coverage: Shooter sentenced to 12 yearsEmotional hearing in AK-47 case Gang member sentenced to four yearsMartinez enflamed dispute that ended with shooting Indio Martinez—the last member of a group of young men responsible for a random shooting a year ago—has had his guilty plea accepted by Judge Edward Hogshire. On March 2, 2007, Martinez […]
Previous coverage: Shooter sentenced to 12 yearsEmotional hearing in AK-47 case Gang member sentenced to four yearsMartinez enflamed dispute that ended with shooting Indio Martinez—the last member of a group of young men responsible for a random shooting a year ago—has had his guilty plea accepted by Judge Edward Hogshire. On March 2, 2007, Martinez […]
Plaintiff: Michele JohnsonDefendants: Jo-Ann Fabrics & Crafts Court: U.S. District Court What’s at issue: Whether the store in Rio Hill Shopping Center is responsible for a holiday display that poked plaintiff’s son in the eye. On May 18, 2006, Johnson and her son Andrew entered the fabric store to see “two large displays containing brightly […]
On April 20, 2008, Bob Gibson’s byline will appear for the last time in The Daily Progress as its political correspondent, ending his 31-year career at the paper where he built his reputation as one of the best reporters in the state. Gibson, 58, is set to become the executive director of UVA’s Sorensen Institute […]
For the first time in Virginia’s history, the time-honored practice of cockfighting is being elevated to a felony, thanks to legislation that sailed through the General Assembly, and despite the protests of the Virginia Gamefowl Breeders Association (VGBA), an organization based in Blackstone that claims 2,000 members.
Susanne Kogut Worked for the local SPCA* for: 3 yearsResides in: Ruckersville Job Title: Executive director of the Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA. Kogut is responsible for directing her staff, financial matters, public relations, and working on legislation for animals. Best of times: “When I first started, we were euthanizing over 40 percent of the animals. Now […]
C-VILLE has been following the Hope Community Center’s zoning dispute with the city over operating a homeless shelter on 11th Street NW, but if the Board of Zoning Appeals doesn’t rule in Hope’s favor at an April 17 hearing, at least two men will have jobs to fall back on. According to Hope’s Josh Bare, […]
In case you missed them, a number of eye-popping reports have recently been released on the sexual state of our (increasingly libidinal) nation.
The songs on each of Paul Curreri’s albums are about the subtle movements and antiquated objects that a person fixates on when something immense is breathing down the back of a city’s shirt collar. An ache in an elbow joint, say, that tips a man off to a storm. A creaking floorboard. A mass of […]
The Albemarle Commonweath's Attorney's office has filed five more felony charges against Slade Allen Woodson stemming from the I-64 shootings that took place in the early hours of March 27.
You don’t need to have lived in the area your whole life to see the design flaws in Route 29N—all it takes is a 5pm trip to Wal-Mart or Whole Foods to experience the magic.