Newsplex buys new building
The Charlottesville Newsplex, which operates CBS 19, ABC 16 and Fox 27, has only been in town since 2004, but already they’ve grown too cramped in their current quarters. On April
Supes hunt for development’s fair share
“Development isn’t paying its fair share.” So goes one of the primary arguments against allowing developers to build new houses. Assuming new houses usually bring new people, each sprawling subdivision […]
City rethinks its height
Perhaps it would have taken genius to have written perfect zoning when the city reworked its code to encourage high-density mixed-use development throughout the city’s corridors in 2003. After a […]
Gun loophole closed
New information will be added to the state database of criminal records that prevents felons and others from legally buying firearms, per an executive order by Governor Tim Kaine,
Life-plus for Wife Killer
Anthony Dale Crawford, the Manassas man who shot his wife, raped her and positioned her body in a room at the Quality Inn on Emmet Street, will serve two life […]
Albemarle makes robbery arrests
When the weather’s warm, watch out: Criminals, just like law-abiding citizens, are likely about. That’s according to Albemarle County Police Lieutenant John Teixeira, who jokes that February is his favorite […]
Did WAHS coach provide alcohol?
A young woman from Nelson County has been charged on two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Alishia Stewart is accused of giving alcohol to a 15-year-old […]
Elevator fails in Old Cabell Hall
Shortly before 8pm on Saturday night, April 28, the UVA Music Department’s director of promotions was heading to a performance by the UVA Jazz Ensemble when she and a couple […]
Merit scholars buy disgraced frat house
The Jefferson Scholars Foundation, a non-profit organization best known for holding the purse strings of UVA’s prestigious Jefferson Scholarship, has purchased the former Beta
How to teach the teachers
On July 1 of this year, Robert Pianta, director of the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning and UVA psych professor, will become dean of the Curry School […]