Families heat things up outdoors with firepits

Staunton News Leader - Sun Nov 08

FISHERSVILLE - Cold weather isn't about to drive Gerry and Crystal Choate inside their house.

Architect left lasting mark

Staunton News Leader - Sat Nov 07

Thomas Blackburn was a familiar sight around Staunton. By 1867, his aged figure could be seen shambling about the city's streets on one personal errand or another.

More aid in Harrington hunt

Daily Progress - Sat Nov 07

One said she has had an uncanny ability to find four-leaf clovers since childhood.

Albemarle Walmart set to expand

Daily Progress - Sat Nov 07

If all goes as planned, there will soon be a new Walmart Supercenter in Albemarle County.

Volunteers search for Morgan Harrington, missing coed

Richmond Times-Dispatch - Fri Nov 06

Gil Harrington, the mother of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, speaks alongside her husband Dan, right, and Ed Smart, left, father of Elizabeth Smart, in Charlottesville.

Crozet man gets 7 years for Ponzi scheme

Richmond Times-Dispatch - Fri Nov 06

A Crozet man who bilked more than $5.3 million from investors in a decade-long Ponzi scheme was sentenced to 71 2 years in prison yesterday in Charlottesville's federal court.

Firefighters Battle Fire at Albemarle County Apartment Complex

WCAV - Fri Nov 06

Albemarle County firefighters are on the scene of a fire at the Abbington Crossing Apartments.

Supervisors tell developer of luxury site to widen trail

Daily Progress - Thu Nov 05

The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has overruled the recommendations of its Planning Commission - and the wishes of many in the Woodbrook neighborhood - by requiring the developer of a luxury apartment complex off Rio Road to widen a proposed trail and connect it to public property.

Future of the Hatton Ferry in Jeopardy Once Again

WCAV - Thu Nov 05

The Hatton Ferry in Albemarle County was part of VDOT's last round of cuts, which also included some interstate rest stops.

UVa thief reflects on misdeeds

CulpeperNews.com, Culpeper, VA - Thu Nov 05

In the last year, Joshua Alan Lafferty has gone from upholding a false facade of his life for his parents' sake to telling them some of his deepest secrets.