Delegate Mitch van Yahres is on a mission to keep hemp legal in Virginia. The DEA intends to ban products made from industrial hemp, which is found in t-shirts, lip balms, and even in a line of handbags sold by Dave Matthews and company. The DEA wants to ban hemp because of its similarity to marijuana, although it does not contain THC. Van Yahres advocates hemp as a crop that could replace tobacco in Virginia’s economy. The story was on WVIR this evening.
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UVa Hospital employee Rudolph Johnson, who was charged with raping a patient (the source of the recent firing of nine UVa employees), is now being accused of a second rape, on the strength of DNA evidence. WINA has the story.
Forbes Magazine and the Milken Institute have ranked Charlottesville as the 12th best small place for business and career. We got beat out by a whole bunch of cities that I’ve never heard of, including Monroe, LA (#6), Tyler, TX (#8), and Greely, CO (#1).
As planned, seventy people showed up at the UVa Hospital on Friday to support the “University Nine,” hospital employees that were fired for past felony convictions. Those felonies included drug possession, writing bad checks and a firearm charge, according to the Progress. Even the executive director of Virginians Aligned Against Sexual Assault said that the firings were a bad idea. For more information, see George Loper’s coverage, which includes excerpts from newspaper articles and pictures of the event.
Both candidates for governor have found themselves in hot water over donations linked to Internet porn. Republican Mark Earley for receiving $47,000 from Bruce M. Waldack, who reportly marketed its online ad software to pornographic websites; and Democrat Mark Warner for receiving $75,000 from the chairman of CyberCash, one of the major on-line credit card processing companies, who has accepted credit card payments on behalf of pornographic websites. Earley is returning the money, but Warner’s spokesman says that CyberCash is a conduit for money, much like a bank. What’s a little more interesting is the fact that Bruce Waldack once owned hitleryouth.com, back in 1998. The AP has the story on the donations.
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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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