A week after Austin C. “Gus” Deeds stabbed his father, then turned a gun on himself, scrutiny of the episode has turned to the day before the violence, when Rockbridge mental health care workers failed to secure a bed for him in a psychiatric facility. Friends of Gus Deeds say the musically and intellectually gifted 24-year-old […]
A week after Austin C. “Gus” Deeds stabbed his father, then turned a gun on himself, scrutiny of the episode has turned to the day before the violence, when Rockbridge mental health care workers failed to secure a bed for him in a psychiatric facility. Friends of Gus Deeds say the musically and intellectually gifted 24-year-old […]
A week after his death, many of Gus Deeds’ longtime friends are still trying to reconcile the person they knew with the one the world was introduced to in grim headlines last Tuesday, when news broke that the 24-year-old son of State Senator Creigh Deeds had attacked his father before taking his own life at the […]
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 Albemarle County’s Historic Preservation Committee meets from 4:30-5:30pm in Conference Room 241 of the […]
Check c-ville.com daily and pick up a copy of the paper Wednesdays for the latest Charlottesville and Albemarle news briefs and stories. Here’s a quick look at some of what we’ve had an eye on for the past week. Charlottesville factory closes, leaving dozens out of work More than 40 locals are out of work […]
We’ll be updating this story as more information about the attack on State Senator Creigh Deeds and his son’s apparent suicide becomes available. 8am 11/21/13 UPDATE: Creigh Deeds is now in good condition at UVA hospital, according to state police. An autopsy performed Wednesday morning by the Roanoke medical examiner confirmed that Deeds’ son Gus, […]
A year after 19-year-old Dashad Laquinn “Sage” Smith vanished, posters bearing his name and image are still plastered around town on telephone poles, community bulletin boards, and at convenience store counters. His anguished family has maintained from the start that he would never walk away from his life and his loved ones voluntarily, and police […]
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 Charlottesville City Council holds its second regular meeting of the month at 7pm […]
Hard to believe it, but yet another election season has come and gone, leaving a combination of ebullience and bitter disappointment in its wake. The tighter-than-expected election of Governor Terry McAuliffe has been certified, and State Senator Ralph Northam is busy measuring drapes for the lieutenant governor’s office. Luckily for us, there is still some […]
A week after Democrats swept the Albemarle County Supervisors election, focus on the Western Bypass is heating up yet again. In the weeks before the election, a group called the Charlottesville Bypass Truth Coalition stirred controversy by running anti-Bypass ads that pushed for the defeat of Republican Bypass supporters Duane Snow and Rodney Thomas. Some […]
Court Squared is a regular column on local legal and justice issues by Charlottesville attorney Ron Cooper. If you’ve ever sat in on a trial, on top of the multitude of emotions you’re experiencing depending on why you’re there, you’ll instantly recognize that real world litigation looks nothing like an episode of Law & Order. […]