Charlottesville News

Charlottesville has promoted Brian Daly to be its new director of parks and recreation.

The parents of missing 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington are hoping for a Thanksgiving miracle - finding their daughter nearly 6 weeks after her disappearance.

Charlottesville Police are searching for a woman they say got away with $8,000 from area banks while pretending to be someone else.

It's going to be a Thanksgiving to remember for one Charlottesville family. Wednesday, the Garland family were chosen to receive a mini-van, warranty included, thanks to a donation from the Airport Auto Exchange dealership off Route 29.

A man was shot in the arm shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday on the 900 block of Rives Street, according to Charlottesville police.

The baby with a bend in his ear met his parents for the first time on Jan. 12, 1988, three days after his mother's 20th birthday.

Hyosung is closing its tire cord plant in Scottsville by the end of January. Plant manager Roger Hutchins attributed the shutdown to the slumping economy and pressure from global manufacturers.

The local economy could see a boost in late 2010 when the Defense Intelligence Agency moves into the Rivanna Station National Ground Intelligence Center campus.

The price of gas is dropping just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. In Charlottesville, drivers are paying an average of $2.54 a gallon.

When the Defense Intelligence Agency brings an estimated 800 employees to Rivanna Station in September, it will join the nearly $110 million defense-related industry already headquartered in Central Virginia.

The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va., Bryan McKenzie column: Gifts go long way for overseas Marines Source: The Daily Progress Publication date: 2009-11-23 By Bryan McKenzie, The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va.

A 19th-century church in Charlottesville is undergoing an estimated $5 million renovation that will transform it into a day shelter for the homeless.

Area officials have made strides this year in establishing energy efficiency programs, and many are hopeful that the efforts will provide the Charlottesville region with a much-desired economic boost.

The United States Postal Service will hold a public meeting in Charlottesville Wednesday to discuss a proposal to shut down a local postal facility.

A Charlottesville police officer has been charged after crashing as he scrambled to get to a bank robbery.

Two deaths created big changes in Charlottesville, and both were reported last week on NPR.

Charlottesville is getting in the holiday spirit, and city leaders say they're ready for the festivities to begin.

Short-term follow-up is a reasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of palpable breast lesions with benign imaging features, particularly in younger women with probable fibroadenoma , according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology .

Police have confirmed the BB&T bank on State Farm Boulevard in Albemarle County, near the DMV on Pantops Mountain, was robbed Friday morning.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for urban areas and small streams in Albemarle County and Charlottesville.