The Progress has sent Brian McNeill to Michigan to cover Oliver Kuttner’s X Prize attempt. I can’t remember the last time the DP sent a reporter more than a few hours from C’ville. Good for them. #
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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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The sports department recently sent reporters to each men’s basketball recruit’s home town (including one in Chelan, Wash.) for a series they did on Tony Bennett’s entering class. I thought that was odd, since they did not even have the budget to send the basketball beat writers to every away game.
The Prog’s history is to send sports reporters to cover important games wherever they are played, Hawaii included, but news reporters are close to never paid to cross the state line.
A Prog reporter once went to DC to cover an anti-war march which involved UVa faculty and students, but it wasn’t an official assignment and he paid his own way. The story got full front-page treatment just the same.
Sports! I completely forgot about that, since I don’t read the Progress’ sports coverage (or, really, anybody’s). Thanks for mentioning that glaring exception.
Apparently, Oliver’s two seat entry, car #95 failed to perform today’s required safety and accident avoidance testing, eliminating it. So at this point he is down to two cars competing against each other with no outside competition for $5mil. See here:
http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/live