UPDATE, 11:50am Friday, February 14: Judy Mueller, head of Charlottesville’s public works department, says all major arterials are plowed within the city limits, and plow operators are “about 40 percent into the neighborhoods.” The city has had 40 workers driving 31 plows on two 12-hour shifts since Wednesday, she said, and each is assigned a […]
UPDATE, 11:50am Friday, February 14: Judy Mueller, head of Charlottesville’s public works department, says all major arterials are plowed within the city limits, and plow operators are “about 40 percent into the neighborhoods.” The city has had 40 workers driving 31 plows on two 12-hour shifts since Wednesday, she said, and each is assigned a […]
In the days since the body of missing Nelson County man Kevin Quick was found on February 6 in Goochland County, the case has grown more and more complicated, as the suspects arrested in conjunction with the Waynesboro reserve police officer’s death have appeared in different courts across Central Virginia. The only thing that remains […]
Venable Elementary School fourth grade teacher Corey Schock was arrested on Monday, February 10, on two counts of possessing child pornography and one count of use of a communications system to solicit child pornography. The arrest stunned parents of students at the school, who described him as one of its most popular teachers. “Everyone wanted […]
For the past few years, André Hakes and her partner, Catherine Gillespie, have trooped to the Charlottesville clerk’s office on Valentine’s Day and requested a marriage license. And each time, they’ve been denied that piece of paper that heterosexuals take for granted. This Valentine’s Day, they’re going to both Charlottesville and Albemarle clerks’ offices to […]
Update: 3:17pm According to a report by NBC12 in Richmond, the body of Waynesboro Police Captain Kevin Quick has been found in Goochland this afternoon. Law enforcement from multiple jurisdictions had been searching Louisa County this afternoon for signs of Quick, who left his mother’s house in Afton on Friday, January 31, but never made […]
“Can your organization really afford to NOT have a high profile presence on VisitCharlottesville, particularly if your competitor does?” That was the sales pitch in an e-mail sent last month to Jody Kielbasa, director of the Charlottesville Film Festival, by an Arizona company called Destination Travel, a contractor hired to push ads on the website […]
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. Albemarle County’s Architectural Review Board meets from 1-3pm Monday, February 3 in Room 241 […]
In early January, Delegate Steve Landes drove from his home in Weyers Cave to Crozet, about 38 miles away, to meet with his constituents in the 25th District who live in Albemarle County. The first three questions he received in the town hall meeting were about redistricting reform. In the past two national elections and […]
Pick up a copy of C-VILLE each Wednesday for the latest stories and news briefs—this week’s are below. Creigh Deeds: “It’s clear the system failed” State Senator Creigh Deeds spoke in detail of his son Gus’ November 19 attack on him and subsequent suicide in an interview on CBS’ 60 minutes earlier this week, offering […]
“It’s fire! Fire! My kids and wife are inside!” The desperate 911 call made by an Albemarle County man who arrived home from work around 1:30am on January 18 to discover his home ablaze offers a heartbreaking glimpse into the tragedy that took the lives of 34-year-old Sayeda Nadia Ghaffer, 7-year-old Ammar Sheikh and 2-year-old […]