Heaphy: ‘Universities need their own counsel’
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW)- Despite General Assembly legislation aimed at restoring independence of Virginia Universities to hire legal counsel, the law will not be amended in 2026. Such duties will be retained by the state’s Attorney General, Jay Jones. Former general counsel for the University of...
Police respond to apparent motorcycle wreck at 5th Street Station
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A motor vehicle accident that appeared to involve a motorcyclist caused traffic backups around 5th Street Station on Sunday afternoon. Charlottesville Police responded to a “vehicle crash with injury at 5th St. Southwest and 5th St. Station Parkway, the main turn into the...
What to expect as Virginia faces severe storm, possible tornadoes, cold
Spring is making one heck of an entrance. After a week of record high temperatures, a major winter storm affecting the Plains and Midwest with impacts felt far from the storm's center is forecast to arrive overnight Sunday, March 15 and especially on Monday for parts of the Mid-Atlantic states and southeast....
Bomb Threats Reported at Several Virginia Colleges After Old Dominion University Shooting
At least six schools investigated and cleared threats. As of 6:30 p.m. Friday, at least five colleges in Virginia had investigated bomb threats targeting on-campus libraries, while a sixth warned people to stay away from its library because of an unnamed “active threat.”. Officials ordered evacuations at the...
Vehicle slams into Charlottesville storefront on East Market Street
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Emergency crews responded to a shopping center along East Market Street in Charlottesville Friday, March 13, after a vehicle suddenly crashed into a business. An eyewitness said he was walking nearby when he heard an engine rev and tires screech. Moments later, the vehicle accelerated...
A Day of Fear and False Alarms: Bomb Threats Sweep Virginia Campuses
HARRISONBURG VA: (Rocktown Now) – On a tense Friday in mid‑March, colleges and universities across Virginia were thrust into chaos as a wave of emailed bomb threats triggered evacuations, emergency alerts, and rapid law‑enforcement mobilization. What began as a single report at the University of Virginia quickly...
Virginia’s Ugonna Onyenso on stressing rebounding, the team’s identity
Virginia's Ugonna Onyenso is now up to 12 blocks in the ACC tournament, which sets a tournament record.
Police search for armed fugitive who ran from DUI traffic stop
Man wanted after fleeing DUI traffic stop in Albemarle County
CASTAGNO: A tale of two Charlottesvilles
In recent months, two major issues have distinctively marked Charlottesville’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis. While the recent winter storm meant quiet streets, cancelled classes and perhaps a small dose of cabin fever for most of Charlottesville’s residents, the brutal cold spell represented a...
UVA Health researchers discover cell “reprogramming” in severe COVID-19 patients that increase cancer risk
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW)- A new study from the UVA Health’s Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that respiratory infections can also increase the risk of cancer in the body. Jie Sun, PhD, along with a group of researchers from the...
