“We have a budget—that’s the good news,” Del. David Toscano said Monday afternoon. The House minority leader and Charlottesville rep was on his cell, en route to Richmond for an evening legislative session to vote on Governor Terry McAuliffe’s budget vetoes. The good news, at least for any remaining hopes of bipartisan agreement on Medicaid […]
“We have a budget—that’s the good news,” Del. David Toscano said Monday afternoon. The House minority leader and Charlottesville rep was on his cell, en route to Richmond for an evening legislative session to vote on Governor Terry McAuliffe’s budget vetoes. The good news, at least for any remaining hopes of bipartisan agreement on Medicaid […]
Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Board of Directors meets from 2:15-3pm Tuesday, June […]
Like a scene in a movie, the kidnapper allegedly knocked out his female victim with a chemical-soaked rag and hauled her to an abandoned house where he seized her cell phone and began taunting her boyfriend with text messages. “She’s so sexy when she’s passed out,” read one. “IMMa warm her up,” read another. It […]
Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. Tonight’s Charlottesville City Council meeting—7pm today, Monday, June 16 in Council chambers at City […]
Former Venable Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Corey Schock has pleaded guilty to online coercion and enticement of a 15-year-old Northern Virginia girl. Schock, 44, was arrested February 10 and indicted by a federal grand jury May 29. According to a March 7 affidavit, Schock’s participation in the online relationship—under the profile name “Nick Nick” and […]
Odd Dominion is an unabashedly liberal, bi-monthly op-ed column covering Virginia politics. In case you slept through it, the Republican Party of Virginia held a nominating convention last weekend, which ended—as widely expected—with the coronation of New Jersey native Ed Gillespie, a former lobbyist and longtime Republican political strategist, as the GOP standard bearer to […]
Each week, the news team takes a look at upcoming meetings and events in Charlottesville and Albemarle we think you should know about. Consider it a look into our datebook, and be sure to share newsworthy happenings in the comments section. The West Main Project Steering Committee meets from 9-11am Tuesday, June 9 in the […]
A former deputy clerk in the Albemarle County Circuit Court Clerk’s office has been charged with embezzlement after allegedly pocketing nearly $14,000 in court fees over four years. Dayna Awkard, a 24-year employee of the office, was placed on administrative leave and then resigned in March shortly after a tip from an unnamed court employee […]
The Albemarle County man whose abduction conviction has come into question after inconsistencies in his accuser’s story emerged will remain in jail after a judge shut down his bid to have his verdict set aside. Albemarle County Circuit Court Judge Cheryl Higgins issued her ruling today in the case of former grocery store manager Mark Weiner, citing […]
On June 2, three weeks after the stabbing death of 30-year-old Antonio Lamar Washington at Alhamraa restaurant, authorities arrested 19-year-old Taneak Quvaughn Turner, who has been charged with seven felonies including first-degree murder and malicious wounding relating to the May 10 incident that occurred during a party at the Ix property establishment. Turner was taken […]