Charlottesville VA

By day, Christopher Michael shapes young minds in Elkton’s East Rockingham High School art classroom. But, come December each year, he transforms into the town’s most beloved Christmas curmudgeon: the Grinch. Dressed in classically green Grinchly garb, Michael prowls around Elkton’s local churches, ice cream shops,...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Protestors gathered outside the University of Virginia Board of Visitors meeting to express frustration with the presidential search, Friday, December 19. People chanted for the Board of Visitors to be changed and asked for the presidential search to be paused. “That’s why we’re here,...

Direct east-west passenger service across the Commonwealth of Virginia will not happen for many years, but the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation will move forward next spring with an intercity bus route between Harrisonburg and Virginia Beach. The DRPT has selected Academy Bus to operate the...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Although part one crime, the most serious in the criminal code, including violence is down statistically by over thirty percent in both Charlottesville and Albemarle, there are still incidents of youth violence that are grabbing local headlines. On Tuesday, Charlottesville...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – You’re driving down a quiet road and spot a dog walking alone. He looks thin. Maybe confused. Your first instinct is a good one: I want to help this dog. So you bring him home, give him food, a warm place to...

STAUNTON — A man suspected of shooting into an SUV last summer in broad daylight, seriously injuring another man who was picking up his children, had an attempted murder and several other charges certified to the grand jury on Dec. 17 in Staunton General District Court following a preliminary hearing. Charles "Penny"...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville’s Legal Aid Justice Center is calling on the state government to help close the achievement gap among English Language Learners, students whose native language is not English in Virginia’s K-12 schools. The legal nonprofit has published a comprehensive report examining...

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - A pair of Harrisonburg residents were sentenced to more than a decade each in federal prison after providing fentanyl-laced pills that killed an 18-year-old in northern Virginia in early 2023. According to court documents, in January 2023, 18-year-old Cayden Foster, a high school student in...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A 41-year-old hospice patient got his wish Thursday, December 18, when Hospice of the Piedmont and Stonewall Harley-Davidson helped arrange for him to ride a motorcycle one more time. Kevin Olague, a patient with Hospice of the Piedmont, had one simple request: to feel the road...

ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - UPDATE: Lanes were reopened as of 3 p.m., according to Albemarle Police, but there could be residual delays. A crash involving an overturned tractor trailer closed southbound lanes on US 29 around Dickerson lane on Thursday afternoon, December 18. Lanes remained closed as of 1:35...