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Charges dropped for...

Three people charged with wearing a mask at the July 8 KKK rally in Justice Park were in Charlottesville General...

Split decision

  Two ponytailed Unite the Right participants represented by the same Blairs, Virginia-based lawyer had different...

August 12 shooter and...

Three out-of-towners who were charged following the August 12 Unite the Right rally were in court December 14 for...

KKK support group

A judge was unswayed hearing testimony from a man who first said he was threatened by the thrower of a C-VILLE Weekly...

Progressive setback? Laufer...

The heavily watched June 13 primary in Virginia offered several surprises, most notably record-setting Democratic...

Style and turnout

Come June 13, Charlottesville likely is going to have a new commonwealth’s attorney, given the unlikelihood a...

Less prosecution

Attorney Jeff Fogel has been in the thick of almost every civil rights action in the city during the past decade. He...

Chapman passes...

Charlottesville’s legal community turned out today for Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Joe Platania’s official...

In brief

And the next election cycle begins Charlottesville Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Joe Platania says he’ll seek his...

Bryan Silva pleads guilty,...

Bryan Silva, the 25-year-old social media celebrity jailed after a January 3 SWAT standoff, pleaded guilty April 11...