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 […]
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. […]
Election day has come and gone, heralding a new era of Democratic dominance in Albemarle County. But Republicans are agitating for further investigation into the activity of a local advocacy group they say stepped over the line in the weeks leading up to election day by operating as an unregistered PAC. “It seems like there’s […]
Election day delivered a big shakeup in Albemarle as Democrats swept three races for seats on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and a left-leaning independent took a fourth. Democratic newcomer Jane Dittmar had the biggest margin of victory, taking 57.73 percent of the vote in the Scottsville special election to Republican Cindi Burket’s 42.05 […]
Charlottesville police have made an arrest in last month’s shooting death of 22-year-old Jarvis C. Brown. Twenty-one-year-old Charlottesville resident Tsaye Lemar Simpson has been charged with first degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Police responded to a 911 call to the 2500 block of Woodland Drive in the Fry’s Spring neighborhood […]