Charlottesville VA

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - A trial date remains undetermined for a former Hollymead Elementary School employee facing 11 felony child sex crime charges. Michael Swiney appeared in Albemarle Circuit Court Wednesday, September 23, as attorneys work to determine how the case will move to trial. Swiney is accused of se

Kentucky plays at Virginia on Dec. 2 in the SEC/ACC Challenge. The road matchup gives Mark Pope’s team an important early measuring stick.

Event scheduled from ‘9 to 5’ on Friday The Dollywood Foundation announces a new tradition, Give Like Dolly Day, to be celebrated annually on September 25 – a new tradition honoring Dolly’s extraordinary legacy of inspiring children to develop a lifelong love of reading through her book-giving program, The Imagination

Approved housing projects in Greene County could add more than 1,600 students to local schools; a new analysis shows, sharpening a long-running debate over when the county must pay for another elementary school.  At a joint workshop Tuesday afternoon, school board and board of supervisor members said the growth threat

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – An officer-involved shooting at a Staunton Walmart left a man dead Tuesday night, according to the Virginia State Police. At the request of the Staunton Police Department, VSP is investigating the incident that occurred at approximately 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the store on 1028-C R

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - An open letter endorsing Tom Perriello, signed by more than 200 medical professionals, is putting health care front and center in Virginia’s 5th District. Some of those signers joined Perriello Tuesday to discuss some of the biggest challenges affecting the health care industry. Among the.

Hosting a great gathering should be about the people around the table—not the errands you have to run before they arrive. Grape & Grain Exchange, Charlottesville’s new one-stop shop for drinks, party essentials, and delivery, is making it easier to get everything together without spending an afternoon driving from stor

The appointed body with power to approve the design of buildings and streetscapes in certain parts of Charlottesville had been expected to weigh in September 15 on a service counter that Sal’s Caffe Italia installed around one of the Downtown Mall trees. Under the city’s Development Code, staff in...

Florida 1A State Champ Allison Kelly Hands 2028 Verbal to Virginia. NEW COMMIT: Jupiter, Fla. native Allison Kelly has given the University of Virginia a verbal commitment for Fall 2028. Kelly, who is among the top recruits in her class, is a Summer Nationals qualifier who excels in freestyle. She...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Plans to build a Center for the Arts at the University of Virginia are moving forward with $275 million in new funding. Jody Kielbasa, vice provost for the arts at UVA, said the funding is monumental. “This is really historic for the University of Virginia,” Kielbasa...