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.
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.
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.
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.”
This weekend, Virginians are participating with other birders around the world in the Great Backyard Bird Count.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
Blue Ridge Area Food Bank CEO Michael McKee has announced he’ll be retiring this summer.