Jay Hart

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

Local
2 years ago
Williamsburg school bus crash sends 8 students to hospital with minor injuries

Eight students were taken to a local hospital out of abundance of caution after a Friday morning Williamsburg-James City County school bus crash

Edgar Shannon Library interior
Albemarle County
2 years ago
UVa Board renames school’s largest library after Edgar Shannon

The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors has changed the name of the school’s largest library.

UVa Olympic Sports Center rendering
Albemarle County
2 years ago
Harrison family gifts UVa $55-million for Alzheimer’s research and Olympic Sports Center

Scott Stadium already has the David A. Harrison Field, and now two of the University of Virginia’s most generous benefactors strike again.
President Jim Ryan announced at Thursday’s Board of Visitors meeting the family of the late David and Mary Harrison has made a pair of commitments totaling $55 million. T

Monticello Founding Friends, Founding Foe Tour and other weekend events.
Albemarle County
2 years ago
Monticello launches limited-time Revolutionary Women at Monticello tour

SHADWELL – Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello today announced the launch of a new, limited-time Revolutionary […]

JMU drone image
Education
2 years ago
JMU student reporters claim SGA closed meeting violates FOIA

Editors of James Madison University’s student publication The Breeze are accusing the University and Student Government Association of Freedom of Information Act violations by suddenly ejecting reporters from covering an SGA Tuesday night meeting that was quickly designated “closed”.

Sheri Owen shares updates on the Alzheimer’s Association ongoing and upcoming events.
Albemarle County
2 years ago
UVa researchers find bodily cell batteries causing harmful inflammation

A lot is speculated about cellphone battery leakage effects on our bodies, but medical researchers are learning leakage from the “batteries” powering our own bodily cells have detrimental effects.

news
2 years ago
No more FedEx Field for the Commanders

FedEx has ended its naming rights agreement to the Washington Commanders stadium in Landover, Maryland, a venue that had been known as FedEx Field since 1999.The move confirmed Wednesday comes two years prior to the expiration of the current agreement scheduled for 2026, and as the NFL club under new ownership looks for a site on which to build a new stadium that would open later this decade.

Local
2 years ago
State health decision shakes up some SNP group camping

Notification by the Virginia Department of Health about non-potable spigots is forcing Shenandoah National Park to change some group camping sites.

Albemarle County
2 years ago
U.S. Capitol Commission approves Barbara Johns model for statue sculpting

The Commission on Historical Statues in the United States Capitol has approved the full-scale clay model of the statue of Barbara Rose Johns, that replaces Robert E Lee which was removed in 2020. 

Local
2 years ago
U.S. Capitol Commission approves Barbara Johns model for statue sculpting

The Commission on Historical Statues in the United States Capitol has approved the full-scale clay model of the statue of Barbara Rose Johns, that replaces Robert E Lee which was removed in 2020.