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 four six 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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Did anybody even notice it was off the air? :)
glad they’re back, I like to catch the 7PM news
I, for one (and perhaps the only one,) enjoyed getting the digital signals. I rarely watch TV, but I caught a bit of the awful Redskins Sunday, and the picture was crystal clear. Normally 27 is rather snowy.
Yes, I have no cable. And no DISH. And no DirecTV. I have the modern day equivalent of rabbit ears. And they picked up those digital signals very well.
But the digital signal appear to be off again. I emailed WCAV engineering asking if/when they will be back.
Or maybe they are still there and my antennae doesn’t work as well as I think it does? :P
It’s my understanding that, given their frequency limitations, they must choose between a digital and an analog broadcast; they don’t have the bandwidth to do both. Given the paucity of digital tuners out there, the only logical choice is to broadcast in analog.
I was assuming it was something like that. Then again, while analog 16 was off the air, analog 19 and 27 were still on the air, and all 3 networks were broadcasting digital (16.1 was CBS, .2 was ABC, .3 was Fox, and .4 looked like a local access-type channel.) So they had all their digital channels, and all but one analog channel, broadcasting at the same time. It could be that broadcasting that final analog channel does put them over some type of limit.
For a guy who claims not to watch much TV, I sure knew what was and what was not broadcasting that night. :) But I only knew because of your post here, it came up on my Bloglines account, and I pretty quickly scurried to my TV to check out the new digital offerings. I was excited about it … and am now equally let down that the digital signals are gone. :(
I’ll let you know if WCAV responds to my with any interesting information.