Attorney Cheryl Higgins is a 45-year-old mother of three, the wife of a Charlottesville police sergeant, and a partner in the firm of St. John, Bowling and Lawrence. When she’s not running her kids to practices or cleaning her house,
Attorney Cheryl Higgins is a 45-year-old mother of three, the wife of a Charlottesville police sergeant, and a partner in the firm of St. John, Bowling and Lawrence. When she’s not running her kids to practices or cleaning her house,
A 16-year-old Charlottesville High School student is in critical condition after a shooting that occurred around 11pm, March 2, on Prospect Avenue. It has been reported that the teen was an innocent bystander who was shot by a semi-automatic weapon. A dark truck or SUV was seen leaving the scene. March 7, police arrested a […]
The race is on for the position of Albemarle Commonwealth’s attorney. Seasoned criminal defense lawyer Denise Y. Lunsford announced her bid for the county’s head prosecutor position. The Democrat will challenge four-time incumbent, Republican James L. Camblos, III. Lunsford has practiced locally for 17 years and says the prosecutor’s office is where she can do […]
Last week, Charlottesville celebrated its latest accolade as a city among the “Distinctive Dozen,” a title bestowed by the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation. With the award, we join the august company of other “distinctive” towns like Ellensburg, Washington, and West Hollywood, California. “I’m particularly pleased,” said Mayor David Brown, “because if I were […]
Jim Bacon’s incisive ability to cut through Virginia’s transportation issues—what’s up with our clogging roads and what should be done about it—has earned him and his blog Bacon’s Rebellion a number of fans in and out of his home in Richmond. On March 6, Bacon addressed “Why Virginia Transportation Policy is Running off the Rails,” […]
At UVA, Sara Larquier was a scholarship softball player from California, a politics major and your typical busy student, stuck with other Wahoos in the bubble of the Corner and Grounds.
Business undergrads are walking with some extra swagger this week thanks to news from BusinessWeek that the McIntire School of Commerce is ranked No. 2 nationally. BusinessWeek magazine ranked UVA’s McIntire School of Commerce second among the nation’s undergraduate business programs. Not bad, given that the top-ranked program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School […]
The UVA student body has opted to save “single sanction,” referring to the only punishment for honor code violations: permanent expulsion. Critics of the system got a referendum on the ballot for spring elections, asking whether single sanction should be abolished in favor of tiered consequences. Though the resolution would be nonbinding, it would have […]
Jodi Meyers Year: Third Majors: Philosophy & mathematics Hometown: Fort Thomas, Kentucky What’s in your backpack? Nail clippers, tissues, Eclipse gum, Chapstick, sheet music for “Redline Tango,” applications for teaching positions in Ohio, umbrella, Nalgene water bottle, broken 256-Mb flash drive, multicolor book tabs, Elements of Modern Algebra & Complex Variables textbook.
Former Mayor Maurice Cox gives a tour of the 10th and Page neighborhood to a group of leaders from Moss Point, Mississippi, a town of 16,000 that was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.