City parking garages now using surveillance tech to collect fees

Metropolis Technology, a young AI start-up that uses video to capture license plate numbers, took over 4,000 garages last year.

Dec 17 • David McNair

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Can a radio station website save local news?

Saga Communications, which owns radio stations in Charlottesville and across the country, is betting on local news websites,

Dec 15 • David McNair

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CVILLE's ASK

After 36 years as a for-profit weekly newspaper, C-VILLE started asking for donations. So, what's the plan?

Dec 12 • David McNair

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October 2025

Love and drugs: Remembering the Elvis Gene Shifflett manhunt

A recent arrest triggers memories of a decades-old manhunt and police shooting...

Oct 20 • David McNair

Lawsuit accuses UVA Health leaders of operating a criminal enterprise

Four UVA doctors and two widows take aim at former UVA Health leadership

Oct 12 • David McNair

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September 2025

City will spend $600K a year for Downtown Mall cleaning crew

The city has contracted with a company called Block by Block for two years in an effort to address concerns about “cleanliness and safety” on our…

Sep 17 • David McNair

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Local Latino community celebrates under "challenging" circumstances

Cville Sabroso is celebrating its 13th year, but this year it comes under the shadow of high-profile immigration crackdowns on the Latino community.

Sep 12 • David McNair

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Camping ban ordinance DOA

For months, city officials have been working behind the scenes on an ordinance designed to make “sleeping or lying down” on city property illegal. The…

Sep 4 • David McNair

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July 2025

Report: Over 75 percent of gun-related deaths in our area are suicides

Gun suicides get a fraction of the attention that shots fired incidents and homicides do, but they are the most deadly form of gun violence in our area.

Jul 10 • David McNair

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June 2025

Militarized neighborhood search alarms neighbors

Police and prosecutors are cracking down on gun violence with neighborhood searches, tougher sentencing for gun possession crimes, and prevention and…

Jun 28 • David McNair

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Local Virginia State Trooper arrested for leaving threatening notes on woman's front door

Within days of the incident last November a man was identified by Virginia State Police as one of their own, but he wasn't arrested until yesterday.

Jun 5 • David McNair

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May 2025

Making Headlines: Police chief, local newspaper, clash over what's fit to print

High-profile arrestee Kevin Cox has certainly stirred the pot!

May 29 • David McNair

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