Prosecutors can’t catch a break in their assault case against Kerry Von Reese Cook. Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Edward L. Hogshire granted a mistrial last Wednesday after a juror announced that he knew one of the people involved in the August 2004 domestic dispute at Friendship Court that led to Cook’s arrest. Cook was convicted […]
Prosecutors can’t catch a break in their assault case against Kerry Von Reese Cook. Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Edward L. Hogshire granted a mistrial last Wednesday after a juror announced that he knew one of the people involved in the August 2004 domestic dispute at Friendship Court that led to Cook’s arrest. Cook was convicted […]
GMAC Insurance recently released the results of a nationwide survey that tested drivers’ knowledge of the roads, and it’s not pretty, Virginia. Virginia ranked 41st in the nation, with 26 percent of Virginia drivers failing the thing outright. The list of states who fared worse than Virginia is a motley crew of Bostonians, Jerseyites and […]
Mayor David Brown, Holly Edwards and Satyendra Huja were nominated for Charlottesville City Council at the Democratic Party’s nominating convention June 2. The convention, held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center, gathered 431 registered Democrats to vote for the candidates. Only one ballot was needed to select the three nominees. Huja, a […]
The Albemarle County School Board will continue to review a proposal to establish a public charter middle school to help underachieving students. The proposal, written by local education advocate Roberta Snow, lays out an arts-infused curriculum that provides students with an “alternative and innovative learning environment.” The school-within-a-school model being considered would place charter school […]
Construction around Culbreth Theatre has put the season on hold for the Heritage Repertory Theatre. With the student population diminished and the daylight extended, summer is the season for building. New homes for research, classes, cars and students are in the works. Don’t expect a lot of construction to wrap up this year, however—2008 looks […]
Fireworks danced again this year for the roughly 3,000 UVA alumni and family members who came back for reunion weekend from the 10 classes invited. It was the highest attendance yet for the weekend, which brings back classes at five-year intervals. While UVA has been graduating classes since the days of Jefferson, the official reunion […]
Pity the stenographer who gets a little confused: Kappa Sigma Fraternity, a 234-chapter organization founded in 1869 at UVA with its national headquarters in Charlottesville, has initiated a lawsuit against the Kappa Sigma Memorial Foundation. The Fraternity’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court on May 16, alleges that the Foundation has been unlawfully using trademarked […]
The smash-and-grab job at Union Bank and Trust on Friday, June 1, came courtesy of members of the city police department. At roughly 9am, a city employee called the city police after watching 38-year-old Jeffrey Alan Adams (below)—a resident of Fredericksburg—enter the bank and lock it from the inside (“They have a deadbolt situation,” explained […]
It won’t be a long haul to the City Market. On May 31, children helped break ground on an “urban farm” in the field beside Friendship Court, the housing complex just to the south of the Downtown Mall. The Urban Agriculture Project, funded by the Blue Moon Fund, is hoping to get local organic food […]