Jay Hart

Jay Hart is a news reporter with CvilleRightNow.com. Reach him by email at jhart@charlottesvilleradiogroup.com or call 434-977-6397.

Tom Yesavage on the Tom Sox
Local Sports
3 days ago
2026 Tom Sox schedule features division rival emphasis and new VBL playoff format

The Charlottesville Tom Sox have released their 36-game schedule for this coming summer that features more emphasis on in-division matchups, and a new Valley Baseball League playoff format in the team’s quest for a fifth league title.

Maurice Lecroy Brown
Surrounding Counties
3 days ago
Fluvanna Sheriff makes arrest in two-and-a-half year old murder case

The Fluvanna County Sheriffs Department has made an arrest in a two-and-a-half year old murder case on Ridge Road.

smart phone in millenial lighting
Virginia Assembly
3 days ago
Charlottesville delegation split on I-gaming legislation that passed GA after first being rejected

The Charlottesville area’s General Assembly delegation was split on the separate bills passed by the House and Senate that will legalize and tax internet casino gambling in Virginia.

pothole
Local
4 days ago
VDOT and Charlottesville team up to repair potholes in the area

During what the city dubbed a “Pothole Blitz,” VDOT and the City of Charlottesville are asking travelers to be on the lookout for crews as they tackle the issue

Western Albermarle Greenwood area
Local
4 days ago
WalletHub survey ranks Virginia dead last in the nation for vehicle tax burden

As some have tried to rid the Commonwealth of the so-called “car tax” since Governor Jim Gilmore’s administration at the turn of the millennium, a new WalletHub survey finds Virginia with highest vehicle property taxes in the nation.

water at curb
Charlottesville City
5 days ago
Voting underway in city stormwater drain art contest

Three stormwater drains in the city stand to get a makeover in coming months as voting has begun for winning designs in the Charlottesville Utilities Storm Drain Art Contest.

Declaration displayed in the Dome Room
UVA
5 days ago
Hundreds come to see the UVA Presidents’ Day Declaration at the Dome

A line extended well into the corridor of the West Lawn waiting to get into the building and up the stairs to the Rotunda Room for at look at one of the two original copies of the Declaration of Independence the University’s creator, Thomas Jefferson, wrote.

money
Charlottesville City
6 days ago
City Council to consider $10-million-plus 2025 surplus destiny

City Council Tuesday night begins contemplation of what to do with $10,001,875.49 of surplus from the 2025 budget to be distributed in 2026.

dog and cat
Local
1 week ago
Leading insurer urges keeping pets away from the chocolate Valentines

When it comes to celebrating Valentine’s Day with generous distribution of chocolate this coming weekend, one of the nation’s leading pet insurers urges making sure pets don’t get into what’s goodies to humans, but not to them.

AEA members applaud
Albemarle County
1 week ago
Albemarle School Board approves first-ever collective bargaining agreement

The Albemarle County School Board Thursday night approved two contracts, one for licensed and the other for unlicensed contracts, as the first ever under the county’s new collective bargaining ordinance the Board of Supervisors passed in April 2024.

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