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Mack attack

Virginia is for moderates, apparently

Courting reform

Public defender challenges Democrat incumbent for top prosecutor job

In brief

Holiday hope COVID-19, like the Grinch, has threatened to stop Christmas. But Dr. Alvin Edwards, senior pastor at Mt....

False alarm?

In October, leaders at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlottesville penned a blog post accusing the...

In brief

A fond farewell Charlottesville superstar John Conover, 74, passed away over the weekend. Conover arrived in town in...

The Power Issue

  Every year, C-VILLE publishes a power issue. It’s usually a rundown of local real-estate moguls and entrepreneurs,...

Zero crimes, zero cases

  As the pandemic took hold in mid-March, Charlottesville and Albemarle’s criminal justice decision-makers started...

Get out of jail virus-free

  Chanell Jackson is home early. The local resident and mother of three had about seven weeks left on her six-month...

‘I did a lot of damage

Just a little over two years after white supremacists marched through the streets of Charlottesville, the final...

Guilty plea

Carolyn Paige Rice, a former Charlottesville chief of staff and clerk of council, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor...