Daily Progress parent company to cut 750 jobs
Apparently The Daily Progress is so strapped for reporters these days that it has to rely on the Associated Press to get word out about its parent company’s woes.
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Daily Progress parent company to cut 750 jobs
Apparently The Daily Progress is so strapped for reporters these days that it has to rely on the Associated Press to get word out about its parent company’s woes.
Kids pay for public school
Schoolkids and their parents are increasingly having to pay for public education right out of their own pockets. That’s according to a new report from the Legal Aid Justice Center’s JustChildren program, called “The Price of a Free Public Education” and released today.
Grisham sells another book to the movies
Score another one for the Grish! According to the Hollywood Reporter, Phoenix Pictures has picked up movie rights to Albemarle best-selling novelist John Grisham’s Playing for Pizza.
VCU: McCain leads Obama, Clinton in Virginia
McCain holds a lead over both Obama and Clinton in Virginia, says VCU. But is this the year of the death rattle from the GOP?
City Council hears “final†comments on water supply
Dozens of supporters and detractors of the $143 million plan to meet city and county water needs until 2055 came out to join the public record last night. City Council billed the public hearing as the last chance to make a statement, and 34 people addressed the topic, including environmentalists, business interests, citizens worried about costs – and a former city mayor.
[UPDATE 5/19] Staff Union at UVA opens membership to faculty
The Staff Union at UVA (SUUVA) launched a new campaign to sign up faculty members today on the Corner. The union is six years old, and traditionally, says Jan Cornell, SUUVA president, it has been only for UVA staff. Now, though, it has opened its membership to faculty.
Fluvanna car crash kills five
Five related men were killed around 12:30am Sunday in a single-car accident in Fluvanna County.
Murder arrest 20 years later
Roger Shifflett had stopped by the gas station he and his wife owned on Route 20 South on the morning of June 20, 1988, when he was shot and killed as part of what appeared to be a $135 robbery.