Bryan Silva pleads guilty, now under strict house arrest
Bryan Silva, the 25-year-old social media celebrity jailed after a January 3 SWAT standoff, pleaded guilty April 11 to brandishing and possessing a firearm. Though he has been denied bond […]
Management issue(s): Mark Brown says city in default on Water Street Garage
The battle between Charlottesville Parking Center owner Mark Brown and the city got more heated with an April 6 letter from Brown that said the entity that runs the […]
Bryan Silva set to plead guilty
The 25-year-old social media celebrity charged with abducting his girlfriend and brandishing and possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon is set to enter a guilty plea April 11 […]
Graduation day: Albemarle will continue drug court
“I’m tired of being addicted to crack cocaine,” announced a heavy-set man in his early 60s from the front of the courtroom. “I’m free. I can pay my bills on […]
Brown’s break-in: Perp in notorious gay-bashing case arrested again
Nineteen years ago, Charlottesville was horrified by the brutal assault on Evan Kittredge by assailants who beat, tortured and urinated on him, then left him to die in the trunk […]
Downtown parking meters are a go
At an April 4 City Council meeting, councilors voted 4-1 to move forward with a plan to install parking meters at 157 parking spaces around the Downtown Mall, as part […]
President Clinton: Get used to it, folks
Okay, we’re calling it. As of this moment, it is virtually guaranteed that Hillary Clinton will be the 45th president of the United States. She has an almost insurmountable delegate […]
Can the statue be moved? Not just a local issue
The Charlottesville park bounded by Jefferson, North First, Market and North Second streets isn’t the only Lee Park under heavy scrutiny. Last July, a group of folks in Dallas led […]
Noisy neighbors: Residents ask Allied Concrete to quiet down
North Downtowners have long complained about the noise from Allied Concrete, which was established on industrially zoned Harris Street in 1945—just on the outskirts of a residential neighborhood. Colette Hall, […]
$84K assistant: Human rights office not being gutted, says Jones
Three years ago, local activist Walt Heinecke was elated when, after years of task forces on human rights, City Council finally approved a human rights commission with enforcement power and […]