“No man is an island entire of itself,” read the seven banners The Seven Society distributed around Grounds just before sundown Saturday.
Charlottesville’s Human Rights Task Force Wednesday evening voted 6-4 to pass its final proposal to Charlottesville’s City Council for a human rights commission with enforcement powers — or, as human rights commission advocate and Education Prof.
The Albemarle County Police department has overhauled its policing model to more effectively target crime trends in the county.
Charlottesville City Council and the American Civil Liberties Union Wednesday went before a judge in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to discuss panhandling restrictions at the Downtown Mall.
The Charlottesville City Council decided this week to postpone any decision on whether to raise the penalties for noise offenses in areas bordering the University.
The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided Liberty University can challenge the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s provisions mandating employers provide health insurance for workers and requiring health plans to offer abortion coverage without copay.
As the holidays approach, many people in the United States will be glad to know gas prices are falling.
Rock band Metallica has helped raise $17,000 for the Morgan Harrington Scholarship Fund since it partnered with the Virginia Tech bookstore in October to allow the school to sell “Enter Sandman” shirts. Former Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington went missing in Oct.
Charlottesville residents gathered Thursday evening at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion downtown for a lighted vigil honoring people who had suffered from lung cancer.
President Barack Obama this week approved Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s request for federal disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Administration to reimburse 28 counties and cities in Virginia following the damaging effects of Hurricane Sandy.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced Wednesday morning he was dropping out of the 2013 Republican race for Virginia governor.
The Virginia Department of Transportation held a public forum Tuesday evening to hear community comments about proposed improvements to the U.S.
The University’s College at Wise suspended junior football player Melquan Huntley Tuesday after he was charged with shooting a woman in the head last week.
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will likely not call a special session of the Virginia General Assembly to formulate a state-based health insurance exchange despite requests from state legislators.
The Darden School was the first stop in Startup Virginia’s six-city tour across the state Monday afternoon, drawing a crowd eager to discuss Charlottesville’s future plans to create what entrepreneurial enthusiasts called “strong startup ecosystems.”
A recent analysis by Virginia Commonwealth University Prof. Thomas R. Baker shows that selling more guns does not necessarily equal more crime. At the request of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Baker studied Virginia state crime data and gun-dealer sales estimates from 2006 to 2011.
Albemarle County Police say a bomb threat was called in to Monticello High School at 8:15 this morning. Police do not have any information about a suspect, but students were given the all clear to reenter the building before noon.
Charlottesville City Council is deadlocked in deciding how to implement a Human Rights Commission in Charlottesville, with the December deadline for a proposed gameplan quickly approaching.
The current legal system incarcerates too many minors, according to a National Research Council report led by University Law Prof.
Charlottesville City Council Monday evening approved recommendations from City Manager Maurice Jones’ plan to address the concerns about panhandling on the Downtown Mall.
