http://wina.com Charlottesville Local News Feed Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:17:26 EDT en-us A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for our entire listening area.&nbsp;&nbsp;A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect until 3:45p.m for Central Albemarle Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:02:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554150 A proposed ordinance is not sitting well with the volunteer fire and rescue squads that serve Albemarle County. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:12:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554169 There was a strong-arm robbery of a pedestrian early Wednesday in the southwestern part of the city. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:41:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554074 Albemarle Police announced Thursday that a felony embezzlement warrant has been obtained for Jim Baldi.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:28:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6555023 The Albemarle County Police will be adding a new satellite office.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:11:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554395 A new report ranks Virginia fourth among 30 coastal states for beach water quality.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:02:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554370 Goodyear Tire is increasing production at its plant in Danville and recalling laid-off workers.&nbsp; Goodyear says the plant will return to a four-shift, seven-day operation schedule.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:59:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554324 The Downtown Business Association has recognized several private sector leaders and public officials for their efforts. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:17:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6555535 The Citizens For A Sustainable Water Supply want to see the results of pending studies that deal with future water demands.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:09:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6555492 Charlottesville will offer city residents free water conservation kits from 10am until 1pm at City Hall Plaza each Friday for the rest of the summer while supplies last on a first-come, first-served basis.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:16:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554430 A September execution has been set for Virginia's only woman on death row.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:13:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554397 A man has pleaded guilty to the 1998 slaying of a Churchville woman whose body was found in a septic tank near her home. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:08:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554646 A new public safety law that takes effect this month will provide extended protections to victims of domestic violence and stalking.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:20:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6554443 The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority says the Environmental Protection Agency favors changing the allowable limits for materials that enter the Chesapeake Bay.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:47:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6552328 Virginia's Attorney General and the chairman of the Prince William Supervisors disagree with a federal judge who's blocking parts of a new Arizona law.&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:40:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6552287 The Independent challenger in the Fifth District congressional race has a website that highlights the phrase &quot;crash their party.&quot;&nbsp; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:33:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6552286 Delegate David Toscano will hold the first of a series of public meetings Thursday.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:14:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547263 County Police say a piece of jewelry was stolen Wednesday afternoon from a display at Zales in Fashion Square Mall. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:06:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6553391 Free health screenings will be available this Saturday at the Charlottesville Community Health Fair.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:23:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547600 The Albemarle Sheriff's Office is sponsoring a Youth Safety Day this Saturday.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:12:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547560 There's a reduced speed limit on part of a road in Madison County.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:25:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547605 A local member of the House of Delegates is the new vice-chairman of a committee.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:07:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6548356 This one relates to school supplies, clothing and footwear. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:12:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547261 A new effort will help state residents reduce their use of electricity.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:09:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547247 There's been a roundup of illegal immigrants in Virginia and Washington, D.C.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:38:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547649 A Fairfax County man is accused of raping and stabbing a 17-year-old girl he met on MySpace.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:30:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547617 Virginia's Eastern Shore was the scene Wednesday for the 85th edition of the Chincoteague pony swim. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:43:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547670 Virginia Department of Corrections director Gene Johnson says the state is spending too much money locking up nonviolent offenders. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:20:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547589 The ACLU of Virginia is participating in a national effort to obtain records related to the FBI's collection&nbsp;and use of race and ethnicity data. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:16:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6547584 Local health officials are seeing more animal rabies cases this year.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:29:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6544855 The Rivanna Solid Waste Authority has delayed a vote on continuing a funding agreement with the city and county.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:50:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6544935 Many area residents got their first glimpse Tuesday at a capital improvements program for the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority.&nbsp; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:39:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6544899 The Buckingham County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in a recent home invasion and robbery case. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:33:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6544898 The Albemarle Planning Commission has approved proposed changes for UVA's Fontaine Avenue Research Park. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:18:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6544851 The Albemarle Planning Commission has endorsed an updated version of the Crozet Master Plan. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:43:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6542569 Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company will be moving its Charlottesville operations to Sandston in September.&nbsp; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:17:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6538792 <span lang="EN"> <p>There was an early morning fire at the Wild Wings Cafe.&nbsp;Firefighters responded at 6:34 a.m. to find flames and smoke were coming from the rear of the building on the porch exterior.</p> </span> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6537529 One of Charlottesville's veteran educators will be the interim principal of Clark Elementary School. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:29:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6542536 Albemarle County has announced the beginning of a comprehensive search process for a new police chief to replace John Miller. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:02:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6538023 A Charlottesville educator will be the next Superintendent of the Fluvanna County schools.&nbsp; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:58:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6534686 The Orange County Sheriff has arrested a Greene County man following a weekend road rage incident. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:22:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6533128 State Police hope the public can provide new leads in a 16-year-old crime in Louisa County.&nbsp; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:14:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6534887 A weekend fire left a Fluvanna County woman and her four young children homeless. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:34:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6532992 Albemarle fire and rescue units responded Monday afternoon to a tractor trailer fire on Interstate 64 near mile marker 124.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:13:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6532677 The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library has new figures that show it costs less than most systems its size.&nbsp; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:20:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6536801 A judge has tossed aside the conviction of a former school administrator who had been found guilty of murdering his estranged wife. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:44:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6534632 Gov. Bob McDonnell is urging his job creation panel to be imaginative when it comes to recommending ways to create jobs in Virginia.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:39:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6532998 A new University of Virginia study has explored how children are affected by having gay and lesbian adoptive parents.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:32:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6532990 Several thousand people received free medical, dental and vision treatments during a three-day health care clinic in southwest Virginia.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:42:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6533009 A Ferrum man will spend a year in jail after pleading no contest to charges stemming from the fatal&nbsp;shooting of one Ferrum College student and the wounding of another. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:53:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6533035 A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's ruling that a Virginia privacy advocate can post public records containing Social Security numbers on her website.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:37:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6532994 President James Madison's papers are being added to the University of Virginia's digital collection of&nbsp; the Founding Fathers' documents. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:45:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6533010 Two properties that are part of a Civil War battlefield in Culpeper County will be protected from development through conservation easements.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:50:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6533025 VDOT will launch a bridge replacement project next week in the Rucker's Run area of Nelson County.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:47:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6534058 A Tidewater firm will be responsible for maintenance projects on parts of Interstate 64 for a five-year period.&nbsp;&nbsp; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:17:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6534483 Albemarle Police have arrested a Fluvanna County man for a weekend armed robbery. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:02:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6527708 Students at Gorge Mason University are taking sides following Senator Jim Webb's comments on government-run diversity programs.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:03:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6529749 Scholars at the University of Virginia have created an audio archive that lets current students hear the school's first writer in residence.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:54:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6529649 State Police are investigating an accident that killed a Tazewell County deputy sheriff. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:28:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6529817 A member of Virginia's National Guard has been honored for his heroism following a boating accident.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:15:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6529798 Buckingham County Sheriff William Kidd says alcohol probably contributed to a weekend death along the James River.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;... Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:22:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6524170 Saturday&nbsp;would have been the 21st birthday of Morgan Dana Harrington.&nbsp; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:15:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6524131 Three men from the Netherlands walked away after their plane crashed over the weekend in Augusta County.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:15:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6527720 Congressman Tom Perriello has announced the dates for this summer's town hall meetings.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:40:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6529132 More than 40 firefighters spent their weekend containing a brush fire at one of Virginia's naval bases.&nbsp; Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:35:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6529836 A judge has authorized a mental health evaluation for a Greene County man who's facing a laundry list of charges following a March fire that severely burned his former girlfriend.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 07:19:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6523190 Sen. Jim Webb is calling for an end to government-run diversity programs, saying they've only disadvantaged poor whites and hurt the cause of racial harmony.&nbsp; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:46:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6521275 There's another high ranking for Albemarle County in a technology survey.. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:19:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6521393 A Community Outreach Coordinator has been hired for the Western District of Virginia federal court system.&nbsp; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:01:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6520884 The Albemarle County Fair is moving from its current location in North Garden. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:19:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6512772 Republican State Senator Robert Hurt has told the Jefferson Area Tea Party he wants to cut corporate income taxes and reduce federal spending.&nbsp; Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:14:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6516528 An organization called Catholics United is pledging to defend Congressman Tom Perriello and three other freshman Democrats who voted for health care reform. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:43:00 EDT http://wina.com/content_page.php?contentType=4&contentId=6517385