writes: How about this board stepping up to the plate and predicting the outcome of the City Council elections?
Good idea. I’ll go first: Caravati and Searls will win, but it will be close between Searls and Schilling.
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Will writes: I was just about to fall asleep when a major shootout of some sort erupted somewhere between Garret Square and Avon St. There were a whole lot of shots fired, probably close to two dozen, perhaps more, and it sounded like different types of shots. It lasted a good twenty seconds or so, and there was a lot of screaming and shouting for quite a few minutes afterwards. 911 reports that they’re flooded with calls right now and police sirens just started filling the air. Something seriously bad just went down over there.
05/05 Update:Today’s Progress gives the details. A 21-year-old bystander was shot several times and hospitalized. Albemarle Police arrested two suspects a short time later, charging them with cocaine possession, false identification, reckless driving and eluding police. They have not yet been charged with the shooting.
Cecil writes: The Washington Post has a story today about Gov. Warner apologizing for Virginia’s eugenics policy, “denouncing a practice under which some 8,000 people were involuntarily sterilized from 1927 until as recently as 1979.”
A Buck vs. Bell historic marker was put up yesterday in front of Region Ten on Preston Avenue, giving the story of Carrie Buck, a seventeen-year-old girl selected to be the first Virginian sterilized under the 1924 Eugenical Sterlization Act. You can also find an article about this in today’s Progress.
Belle writes: Last night, residents of the Lewis Mtn. neighborhood let City and University officials know that they are as angry as ever about the proposed Ivy Road parking garage. Eric Swensen reports in today’s Progress that residents described UVa officials as “evasive” and that they directed a “flash of fury” at Mayor Caravati.
Leonard Sandridge continued with his stock response: UVa isn’t willing to change a thing.
The Hook‘s newest issue confirms the rumors: a Shriner’s go-cart plowed into the crowd at last Saturday’s Dogwood Parade, breaking the ankle of a 5-year-old and injuring his mother. The driver of the car said it happened because “we were doing a maneuver and someone got out of time, and I had to swerve to avoid hitting him.” The Shriners, appropriately, operate 22 free children’s hospitals across the country; the injureds’ bills will be taken care of, naturally. The Hook has the story.
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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
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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