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Charlottesville’s City Manager has scheduled three community budget forums in the next week where people will use fake money instructing them how real money is spent.

At 2 p.m. Sunday demonstrators will gather at at Market Street Park for a protest organized by Indivisible Charlottesville.

With winter weather impacting blood donations, the drive is a key effort for the Red Cross this month.

“It could be that President Beardsley is only there for a short period of time,” said former University of Virginia chief legal counsel Tim Heaphy Friday morning on NewsRadio WINA.

The retired state trooper will fill the vacant seat created by Jeremiah Pent’s November resignation.

The ninth annual Play for Preemies Showcase, hosted by Western Albemarle, is this Saturday and aims to raise funds and spread awareness.

Police Chief Sean Reeves credits partnerships with the Charlottesville PD, VSP, and UVA PD.

Mark A. Murphy Jr. is being held without bond.

The 39th annual festival will run from Oct. 21-25, and the Call for Entries has already been launched.

The Augusta County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office has determined the Dec. 17 shooting death of a suspect by a county deputy were “actions… not only justified, but entirely necessary”.