Four arrests made in Saturday homicide
Around 8pm on July 20, the Charlottesville Police Department made four arrests in connection with the July 19 murder of Joshua Anthony Magruder. The city issued a press release this morning.
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Four arrests made in Saturday homicide
Around 8pm on July 20, the Charlottesville Police Department made four arrests in connection with the July 19 murder of Joshua Anthony Magruder. The city issued a press release this morning.
Two shootings over the weekend, one fatal, and one leading to arrest
City police are investigating two shootings that occurred on Saturday. The Daily Progress reports today that a 19-year-old Charlottesville man was discovered shot to death in the 700 block of Sixth Street Southwest on in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police had not released the name of the victim, nor the names of any suspects. Later Saturday evening on the west side of town, an 18-year-old man was shot in the chest and taken to UVA Medical Center to be treated.
Charlottesville cyclist is dope-free
NPR has a story this morning on Charlottesville native Will Frischkorn and another cyclist from the Garmin-Chipotle team that is currently third in this year’s Tour de France.
The loudest rock show in town
Want a hearing aid eventually? Destroy your senses today with Articulate Chewbacca and Myceum.
The definition of “Ironic”
Alanis Morissette comes to Charlottesville. Who would’ve thought it figured?
Acitvists bring mock Bush to Mall to protest possible war on Iran
Around 6 pm tonight, a few volunteers for Charlottesvillepeace.org stood by the Free Speech wall and asked people to sign a petition to Charlottesville City Council imploring them to take an official stand against the chance the U.S. might go to war against Iraq’s northern neighbor.
Daily Progress parent sees publishing revenues fall again
Media General Inc., parent company of the dying-fast Daily Progress, reported today in its Second-Quarter earnings call that publishing division profits declined from $133 million in the year-ago quarter to $114 million, driven mostly by losses in classifieds that amounted to nearly 30 percent.
NY Times goes house hunting in Scottsville
The New York Times has come to Scottsville for the purpose of house-hunting. In its recurring property-values feature, the Times chooses a figure, $700,000 in this case, and hunts out three properties around the country that are listed at that price.
Perriello keeps on truckin’
Constituents in Virginia’s Fifth congressional district keep ponying up for Tom Perriello. According to his campaign, the Democrat raised $313,000 in the second quarter of the year, which is a record for Democratic challengers to incumbent Virgil Goode. However, Perriello’s campaign doesn’t mention that Goode himself raised a bit more ($390,000) during the same quarter.