Charlottesville News

The ice storm left a blanket of white on the sidewalks in Charlottesville. The roads, though slushy, are currently clear.

A play about two college students who meet in a walled garden in the 1980s and find themselves in an intimate discussion about football, politics and religion ive Arts presents 'The Philadelphia Story' by Philip Barry in the Gibson Theater, December 13 through January 18th.

The overarching question posed Saturday at an open house about West Main Street was what the artery should look like as the 21st century unfolds.

A few people around Charlottesville got a chance to get a free portrait thanks to the nonprofit organization Help Portrait of Charlottesville.

A candlelight vigil and private screening of the new Nelson Mandela film organized by University of Virginia students will be held Friday, Dec 6th.

Residents at a town hall meeting White Hall District Supervisor Ann Mallek held Nov. 16 at the White Hall Community Building raised concerns over illegal hunting, intoxicated drivers leaving local wineries and the future of county solid waste services.

We've been monitoring this one for the past week. Now, the timing and impact of a major storm system with an Arctic Blast of cold air are becoming clearer.

Right now, there seems to be no good way into Downtown Charlottesville right now.

John Singleton Mosby, who was born on Dec. 6, 1833, was a relatively small man; he was a lawyer and lover of history, and partial to the poems of Lord Byron; yet when mounted on his large, gray horse, leading his 43rd Battalion Virginia Partisan Rangers, he was transformed into a specter who haunted Union Army units during the Civil War.

"I think the best thing about the public library is that it serves all people -- from pre-schoolers all the way through retirees, We really do have books and materials that are of interest to everyone."

Charlottesville police officers will soon be out directing traffic through the Route 250 Bypass and McIntire Road intersection as crews work to repave the road.

Different may be good, but let's face it: Different can be scary. We like the familiar and dislike the unknown, and that continues to be a challenge for wine drinkers, myself included.

The ABC 8 News StormTracker weather team is keeping a close eye on a storm that could bring wintry weather our way on Sunday, Dec. 8. Power outages could become an issue , along with hazardous road conditions .

The Department of Neuroscience at the University of Virginia seeks creative and energetic applicants for a tenure-track faculty position.

The University of Virginia's Rohr Chabad House held a lighting of a menorah on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville.

Though finals are just around the corner, holiday spirit is beginning to roam the air around Grounds.

Lake Monticello's Jean-Jacques Bevilacqua loves to sing. Before moving to Virginia in the 1990s, he made his living in the Paris entertainment industry - singing, writing lyrics, playing guitar, touring as a stagehand with other groups and cleaning recording studios.

If you have some free time on your hands this holiday season, a number of nonprofits are looking for you.

Media outlets report that 50-year-old Michael G. Morris of Crozet entered his plea Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Washington & Lee University says a traffic accident has killed one student and injured nine others.