All four Democrat constitutional officers in Charlottesville are re-running for election. Commonwealth Attorney Dave Chapman, Sheriff Cornelia Johnson, Treasurer Jennifer J. Brown and Commissioner of the Revenue Lee Richards are all unopposed, for now, and the Republicans don’t plan to run anybody. Today’s Progress has the story.
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County police are looking for help in the recent murder of a UVa graduate student Alson Meloy. The cops want to know about any sightings of her light blue ’96 Nissan Sentra, which was abandoned behind the Pizza Hut on Greenbriar Drive. License plate ZRV-8100. If you know anything, the county police would like to hear from you.
Overtime parking fees triple tomorrow, WINA reports. City Council raised those fees at their February 5th meeting. (Councilors Richards and Toscano voting against doing so.) It’ll now cost you $15 for parking too long, or $30 if you don’t pay within a few days. Yup, there’s nothing like raising parking fines to get people to come downtown.
Virginia Delegate Paul Harris (R-Albemarle) has called on Charlottesville, Albemarle and the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority to lift the gag order on residents that criticized the landfill.
As planned, the father of one of the switched babies married the aunt of the other, making him father to one and uncle to the other. The AP reports that the wedding took place on Saturday in Buena Vista. If memory serves, WVIR reported last week that Paula Johnson, one of the mothers, believes that the marriage is a setup to get custody of both children. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any weirder…
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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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