Lawsuit of the Week

Plaintiff: Cindy Baker Defendant: Wal-Mart What’s at issue: Whether Wal-Mart is responsible for an unattended ladder that “tipped over, slid off and struck” Baker while she was bent over in a store aisle grabbing an item off the lowest shelf, according to her complaint. Baker charges Wal-Mart in Albemarle County Circuit Court with all sorts […]

Frozen in June

Dear Ace: It seems as though people are trying to squeeze things into the smallest spots these days. What are they building near the corner of 29 and Barracks Road, next to Arby’s?—Rocky Rhodes Rocky: In these situations, Ace is frequently reminded of the oft-quoted (and covered) Joni Mitchell song, “Big Yellow Taxi,” in which […]

NFL backs down from Jesus [February 26]

Praise Jesus and pass the Buffalo wings. The Rutherford Institute, a conservative civil liberties organization based in Charlottesville, successfully pressured the NFL to allow churches to view the Super Bowl on large-screen TVs.

Pooling their resources [February 23]

The University of Virginia women’s swimming and diving team—a squad composed of 11 freshmen—blew away their competition in the Atlantic Coat Conference championships, capping the four-day tournament in Atlanta, Georgia, with a score of 800.

One of their own [February 21]

NBC29 reports that criminal and internal police investigations have been launched against a longtime Albemarle County police officer, Jeffrey Turner, in a case that began with a February 10 9-1-1 domestic violence call from his house in Crozet.

What am I doing wrong? [February 20]

Today’s Daily Progress brings our attention to the fact that one Artis Wayne Keyton, Jr. was arrested Tuesday on charges of arson and vandalism, after allegedly trying to set fire to the house on Bolling Avenue where the 31-year-old man lives with his mother.