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Liberation & Freedom Day is a holiday celebrated in Charlottesville each March 3, to mark the day in 1865 when Union Maj. Gen. Phillip Sheridan and his troops arrived in the city and liberated more than 14,000 enslaved people.
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Chandler Morris, who led UVA Football to an 11-win season in 2025, and is still a University of Virginia grad student, is back in court trying to get the NCAA to grant him a seventh year of athletics eligibility.
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In the first meeting with Virginia on Jan. 3 in Raleigh, NC State fell behind by 12 minutes early in the first half.
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Best-selling author and Congressional candidate Beth Macy will take part in author talk and reception on March 15 in Waynesboro.
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A 17-year-old boy was arrested Monday in a drive-by shooting incident that injured one person near Albemarle High School.
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Two men are in custody in connection to a Feb. 18 fatal shooting in Augusta County that left a Buffalo Gap High School student dead.
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Miami bullied Virginia, which we haven’t seen really all season, here in Year 1 of the Ryan Odom Era, where the focus going in is, We’re the bullies.
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I’ve not heard a UVA Basketball home crowd that loud in a while, but, makes sense: that 86-83 win over Miami on Saturday was an NCAA Tournament second weekend-quality game, right here in Charlottesville.
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The Paramount Theater in Charlottesville will play host to The Virginia Student Film Festival on Saturday, April 4.
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A Buffalo Gap High School senior is dead after a shooting on Maple Leaf Drive in Augusta County on Wednesday night.
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