CBS 19 has become the first local media outlet with RSS feeds for their news. Years after news feeds became standard for any media outlet in the western world, C’ville is finally being dragged into the 90s by the upstart TV stations. There are individual feeds for news, weather, and sports. That’s in addition to the video podcast that the station started a couple of weeks ago, another first. Here’s hoping other media outlets will follow their tech leader.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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Damn…you beat me to it.
Remember the 90’s. Oh man..those were the days. I wasn’t here in Crapshaw-ville.
Now, where the hell is local HD…particularly ABC.
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[…] A local TV station gets an RSS feed…bringing it in to the 90’s (call that the Waldoid for the day). At least the locals now have the power to predict when I will jump all over a story. As Dire Straights would say, I want my M(HD)TV! As an aside, the local CBS is by far the best station in town (or at least all the news that gets to their site…since it isn’t HD so I don’t watch it). […]
My Yahoo – My MSN – how 90’s is that?