Jay Hart

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

Albemarle Fire Rescue
Albemarle County
11 months ago
Fire Displaces Family in Home Near North Garden

All the family escaped, but they lost a family pet, in a Sunday afternoon house fire in the 5000 block of Alberene Road in Albemarle County. 

Lee statue meltdown
Albemarle County
11 months ago
Swords into Plowshares Puts Out Call for Artists to Remake Public Art from Lee Statue Metal

Swords into Plowshares has put out a call of “request for qualifications” from artists and teams who wish to design, make, and install a new public art work from the melted metal of the former Robert E Lee downtown statue.

Augusta County Sheriff's Office logo
Crime
11 months ago
Augusta Sheriff Beefs Up Fishersville School Campus Security in Light of False Social Media Post

The Augusta County Sheriff said extra law enforcement was placed at the Wilson school complex although what sparks it is a false social media post about actions the brother of the Parkland, Florida shootings in Augusta County.

Albemarle County
11 months ago
VADOC First in World to Use ScanTech AI Systems Drug and Contraband Detection System

 The Virginia Department of Corrections has become the first corrections system in the world to pilot what they call “a powerful and state-of-the-art drug and contraband detection system from the company ScanTech AI Systems, Inc.”

birds flying
Albemarle County
11 months ago
Virginians Participating in Weekend Great Backyard Bird Count

This weekend, Virginians are participating with other birders around the world in the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Nikki Giovanni
Albemarle County
11 months ago
Virginia Festival of the Book Nikki Giovanni Tribute March 22 at The Paramount

 The Virginia Festival of the Book March 22nd is presenting at the Paramount “A Tribute to Nikki Giovanni: Celebrating a Legacy through Poetry, Music, and Dance”. 

prison fence
Crime
11 months ago
Family Member Charged with Smuggling Drugs into a Virginia Prison Inmate Graduation

An inmate’s family member is under arrest after allegedly trying to smuggle drugs into an inmate graduation ceremony at the Haynesville Correctional Center in Richmond County on the Northern Neck.

Albemarle County
11 months ago
Storm Spares Local Electricity Infrastructure, But Numerous Outages in Richmond Area

The Charlottesville area seems to have caught a break from not as much freezing rain falling in the area overnight last night as was forecast, keeping electricity on for the community.

Center at Belvedere
Albemarle County
11 months ago
The Center’s 65th Anniversary Celebration Friday Afternoon at the Belvedere Facility

The Center at Belvedere’s 65th anniversary celebration is Friday afternoon at 1:30 with what Executive Director Melanie Benjamin says will be live music with Jazz 123 who plays every week in their atrium.

Michael McKee
Albemarle County
11 months ago
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank CEO Michael McKee Retiring This Summer

Blue Ridge Area Food Bank CEO Michael McKee has announced he’ll be retiring this summer.

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