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Virginia Athletics and the Virginia Athletics Foundation announced Thursday two unprecedented anonymous seven-figure commitments establishing endowed scholarships in support of the Virginia men’s lacrosse program.

The “mega blood drive” will take place Saturday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Jefferson School City Center. Its organizers hope to use it as an opportunity to spread awareness about the disease, which impact more than 100,000 people in the United States.

Erica Dawn Ortiz was last seen on September 9.

Additional charges are pending.

Drivers may want to consider an alternate route.

The left lane and left shoulder are closed.

Two UVA Cheerleaders visited the medical center’s NICU unit to reach to babies and their families as part of the annual competition.

Two Charlottesville-area natives who disappeared last week during a hunting trip in southern Colorado have been found deceased.

State Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined Virginia among seven states and the Federal Trade Commission in a lawsuit filed against Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ticketmaster LLC, for violating consumer protection laws and driving up ticket prices for Virgnia consumers.

The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority’s solid waste authority this weekend is having a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event for residents of Albemarle County, City of Charlottesville, and Town of Scottsville.