Charlottesville News

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.

More than 50 postal workers from the Charlottesville region rallied alongside U.S. 29 on Sunday to protest the possible closure of the Albemarle County Airport Road mail processing center.

A Charlottesville police officer whose unmarked vehicle hit another car as he responded to a bank robbery faces a traffic charge.

I think my wife and I don't get out enough. We won two free tickets to the November 17 Jimmy Buffett concert in Charlottesville from a local newspaper's contest.

One way to make a difference this holiday season is to participate in an effort to bring Christmas cheer to all corners of the globe.

The heavy rain has caused significant flooding on many Charlottesville roads. Charlottesville public works crews have been out all Thursday morning trying to clear drains to get flooding to go down.

Civil rights organizations are asking Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to sign an executive order restoring the rights of nearly 300,000 felons before he leaves office in January.

Temp: 50.0 F Wind Chill: 48 F On Wednesday, the parents of a missing woman returned to where she was last seen more than a month ago.

Wind Chill: 35 F Staunton / Shenandoah, VA The parents of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington are asking people across the county for help.

Parrotheads, the nickname for Buffett fans, take tailgating to another level. Grilled shrimp kabob's, floral shirts, and giant shark fin's strapped on the top of their SUV's. The estimated 12-thousand fans, many from out of town are expert partyer's. The average age around 40.

People in Charlottesville now have a new, greener way to get around, Zip Cars . The new fuel-efficient and hybrid car-sharing program arrived on the grounds of the University of Virginia Tuesday.

Residents and members of the Senior Center in Charlottesville gathered Tuesday to celebrated caregivers.

Charlottesville police are investigating a robbery at the Wachovia Bank on 10th and High streets near Martha Jefferson Hospital.

A new report says judicial reforms in Virginia that made it easier to transfer juvenile offenders to the adult system went too far.

BMNN wrote: on Nov. 16, 2009: Few musicians are on the rise like Jackson Hole, Wyoming-based Anne and Pete Sibley, whom Bluegrass Now Magazine has called "one of the sweetest, most soulful and hauntingly beautiful duets in the business." The Sibleys' string of high-profile musical successes started in April when they won the "Great American Duet ...

Charlottesville detectives arrest three people in Albemarle County and seize $7,000 worth of cocaine in an undercover buy-bust operation on Friday, November 13th.

Violent crime is uncommon in Charlottesville, In fact, there has not been a single murder in the city all year.

Volunteers from the Oakland School and other folks in the community got down and dirty to plant more than 1,300 trees at the Charlottesville Albemarle Regional Airport.