The “ultimate bed and breakfast,” as Virginia’s former director of corrections Ron Angelo called the prison system, isn’t a pleasant stay. Such was the theme of an independently produced documentary Up the Ridge, which examines the “supermax” Wallens Ridge State Prison, located in the southwestern tip of Virginia. Several dozen locals turned out October 4 […]
The “ultimate bed and breakfast,” as Virginia’s former director of corrections Ron Angelo called the prison system, isn’t a pleasant stay. Such was the theme of an independently produced documentary Up the Ridge, which examines the “supermax” Wallens Ridge State Prison, located in the southwestern tip of Virginia. Several dozen locals turned out October 4 […]
Charlottesville is now officially a less cool place to live for those who laugh in the face of parking regulations. A loophole that essentially doled out no punishment for unpaid parking tickets has been closed, following an October 2 City Council vote that remedied the glitch. Under the old procedure, appealed tickets would get forwarded […]
It was a muggy August day on the UVA Lawn; administrators hoped the weather would hold for the Convocation ceremonies that were about to welcome the Class of 2010. The breeze fluttered programs placed on rows upon rows of folding chairs. Slowly, some traveling in packs from dorms, others filing in groups of two or three, the class of 2010 arrived in waves of t-shirts, shorts, sundresses, ball caps.
Facebook (n.) 1. A social networking site that originated at Harvard in 2002 and opened slowly to a few university communities, then all colleges and, recently, to all users. Old-schoolers refer to the site as “The Facebook,” in reference to the site’s original location at www.thefacebook.com. As it became more popular, the site streamlined to […]
Dear JST: Ah, the vanity plate. Nothing makes a bolder statement about a person’s individuality and relationship with his or her carâexcept, perhaps, the fake bullet hole decal-han the vanity plate.
Dear Ace: I’ve often driven by the sign for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Ruckersville, but I’ve never been in the facility. Can the average Joe take a tour? I’d love to see some car crashes!âTess Dumet
The family of Curtis Reese Wilmore, a deceased Virginia state police officer who allegedly elicited a bogus confession from exonerated death row inmate Earl Washington, says Wilmore is not responsible for Washington’s wrongful imprisonment. They’re appealing a U.S. District Court decision that ruled Wilmore’s estate must pay Washington $2.25 million in damages.
The last time C-VILLE sat down with John Grisham, one year ago, he was on the cusp of starting a new book. After penning 18 novels (basically cornering the market on legal thrillers over the last decade), Grisham was tackling a nonfiction project. At that time, he expressed some concern over the matters of accuracy and detail that such a book demands.
Crimestoppers is offering an $8,500 reward for information about those who shot a UVA student in this neighborhood near the Corner. The Jefferson Area Crimestoppers are offering a reward for information leading to an arrest in a robbery and shooting that occurred on the 1000 block of Wertland Street on September 10. Police currently have […]
The subtitle for John Grisham’s new book, The Innocent Man, could easily describe one of his trademark legal thrillers. Indeed, Murder and Injustice in a Small Town has been the theme that keeps on giving for the Albemarle County novelist, one of the planet’s most successful living writers. But this 360-page work of nonfiction (Grisham’s […]