While the race for Virginia’s next governor is heating up, voters in Charlottesville and parts of Albemarle County will also have the chance to vote for the next 57th District Delegate in Virginia’s lower chamber.
The event comes amidst a tightening race between McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin, with the RealClearPolitics polling average showing Youngkin with 47 percent support to McAuliffe's 48.8 percent.
The letter contains the signatures of over 110 students and is undersigned by 12 organizations including the Black Law Students Association, the National Lawyers Guild at U.Va. Law and Student Council’s executive board.
In a closed session Tuesday lasting over an hour, council members discussed Boyles stepping down. At the end of the meeting a vote was taken, with council members unanimously accepting his request.
This is also the first reported case of a “peeping Tom” incident.
Of the 4,652 immigrants the Charlottesville branch of the International Rescue Committee has helped, 1,444 have been from Afghanistan — constituting the largest group served by the IRC.
Huguely was first found guilty of second-degree murder and grand larceny in February 2012 and was sentenced to 23 years in prison later that year.
This is the fifth shots fired report in the last three weeks.
No official explanation was given for Brackney's termination.
Beyond Grounds, there are many organizations in Charlottesville building campaigns that work with students — these organizations work to spur change and bring issues to the forefront.
A tornado warning issued for the City of Charlottesville at 11:24 p.m has since expired, with rotating storms associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida passing through the region.
A robbery was reported at 1215 Lee Street, the location of the University Hospital.
The Afghan Student Association is planning an additional rally on Grounds for Sunday, Aug. 29.
The City has started to solicit expressions of interest for transfer of the statues to any museum, historical society, government or battlefield.
The suspect is described as a 5-foot-1-inch male wearing an orange shirt and blue pants.
Juneteenth marks the day that the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced by federal troops following the surrender of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee at Appomattox two months prior.
This year, the committee hopes to eliminate discrimination from religious student organizations, end the use of unpaid prison labor and expand voting access.
The executive order comes as a direct response to COVID-19 case numbers three times those at Virginia’s last peak in May — with an average of 3,700 new cases every day. The order cited an 83 percent increase in hospitalization, and a concerning rate of ICU occupancy.
In their internal investigation, CPD determined charges in the categories of bias based policing, harassment and unconstitutional search to all be unfounded.
According to Longo’s statement, the man did not enter Grounds until he was approached by police and returned off Grounds when officers notified him that he was in violation of the NTO.
