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Once again, the Westboro Baptist Church (you know, the God Hates Fags folks) failed to show up in Charlottesville, despite (once again) scheduling the appearance on its website.

After losing yet again to the rival Hokies, Head Football Coach Al Groh will enter the 2009 season with a shorter leash. Athletic Director Craig Littlepage issued a statement last night explaining that Groh will not get a contract extension

According to the 2008 Virginia Report produced by the Council on Virginia’s Future, the state has made progress in many of the 46 quality-of-life indicators, but rising infant death rate, consumer fraud and obesity spoil the taste of victory.

What do you have to look forward to as the economy tanks? How about good music, the end of flip-flops and sweet revenge on the credit card companies? All this and more, in Scott Weaver’s cover story.

The Lynchburg News and Advance reports that two Nelson County residents, 58-year-old Alan Sherr and his daughter, 13-year-old Naomi Sherr, have died as a result of Wednesday’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.

With the declining economy, some high profile universities are seeking to ditch troubled chucks of their endowments, says today’s New York Times. One of the schools that it highlights? The University of Virginia.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its report on County Employment and Wages in Virginia for the first quarter of 2008.

It’s a funny thing, this business of prestige. Jonathan Kiefer uses that term to describe the crop of year-end movies