Council okays commission on Lee et al.
City Council unanimously approved a Blue Ribbon Commission on Race, Memorials and Public Spaces May 2 after a Charlottesville High School student presented a petition to remove the statue of […]
UPDATED: Middleditch enters Alford plea, will serve less than half a year in jail
On the second day of his jury trial, prominent realtor Andrew Middleditch, 56, pleaded guilty to his second DUI offense and entered an unexpected Alford plea before the closing […]
Expert witnesses testify, Middleditch trial to resume tomorrow morning
The high-end realtor charged with involuntary manslaughter and his second drunk driving offense for killing an elderly driver in a Memorial Day car crash last year stands trial in […]
Dollar disadvantage: Gene Washington’s attorney says money matters
The man charged with brutally beating to death special education teacher Robin Aldridge and her daughter, Mani, and then setting their Rugby Avenue home on fire in December 2014, appeared […]
Historic hire: Al Thomas is Charlottesville’s first black police chief
City Manager Maurice Jones announced Lexington Police Chief Al Thomas as his pick to head the Charlottesville Police Department, and City Council approved Thomas, who is the city’s first black […]
Welfare check: Burruss lawsuit against Albemarle police moves forward
Does an employer’s request for a welfare check on a man who has a gun but has made no threats to harm himself or others warrant holding him for two […]
Council split on Lee Park commission
City Council heard from around three dozen people at its marathon five-hour April 18 hearing on the statue of General Robert E. Lee and the forming of a blue ribbon […]
Virginia Flaggers rally to keep the Lee statue standing
In an effort to “Save Lee Park,” the Virginia Flaggers hosted an April 18 rally in front of the park’s General Robert E. Lee monument to advocate for keeping the […]
A sorry state: Things could always be worse
Imagine, if you will, an alternate reality version of our beautiful commonwealth. A bizarro Virginia where Ken Cuccinelli won the governorship in 2013, and E.W. “Yoga is a tool of […]
Forest Lakes man charged with unlawful filming
Thomas Andrew Eagleson, 45, was denied bond April 12 after being charged with two felony counts of unlawful filming of a juvenile and three misdemeanor counts of unlawful filming of […]