City sees three random attacks in four days
Coming home from catching a movie on UVA Grounds, Chris Martin pedaled his bike up the hill on W. High Street, heading east. It was just after 11:30pm, and as […]
Double H farmers enter plea deal
Before Jean Rinaldi and Richard Bean could plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of selling uninspected meat, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Enforcement
Crime, blood and a guy named Locard
After forensic detective Mark Fields finishes hanging a piece of cloth from the blackboard, he peels off his latex gloves and turns to face the classroom of PVCC students. “Does […]
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 […]
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, […]
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.
I’ll show you…by crossing the border [February 24]
Several locals say they will address the plight of immigrants—by trekking across the border themselves.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! [February 25]
This weekend, a story in the Hampton Roads-area newspaper, the Daily Press, details the choice facing Virginia’s 16 so-called superdelegates—namely, Barack or Hillary.
Van Halen concert postponed [February 22]
There will be no “Runnin’ With The Devil” or getting “Hot For Teacher” tonight.