Charlottesville Headlines

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A 16-year-old Luray Zoo employee is recovering after being bitten by a tiger. Zoo co-owner Jennifer Westhoff says the female employee was showing the animal to a group of visitors Sunday, when the five-year-old Bengal tiger named Star bit her through its cage as she tried to pet it.

It’s a dangerous, potentially deadly student tradition and this week students and faculty at the University of Virginia are speaking out about the so-called “Fourth-Year Fifth.”

Results from recent government bond sales across the state have Fluvanna County officials hopeful that their proposed December debt sale to fund the county’s new high school will be successful.

The Charlottesville Transit Service’s free trolley will make a detour for a couple hours Saturday to avoid Cavalier football traffic.

In light of the town hall meeting being hosted next month by the Charlottesville City School Board, the school division is currently soliciting input

The University of Virginia will test its emergency notification systems between 2:30 and 3 p.m. today.

The space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station are about to make a dramatic sweep over Central Virginia

The case of a Ruckersville woman accused of embezzling from the Greene County Youth Center will be heard Dec. 8 by a grand jury.

Another area man has been charged in a gang shooting that left a former Harrisonburg high-school football star fighting for his life.

ORANGE — An Orange County man will face a grand jury next week in connection with a beating death in mid-August.

The developer behind the future Whole Foods grocery on Hydraulic Road says construction is progressing again after having been idled by stormwater issues.

Residents want a professional study on dredging the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, a local task force member said Wednesday night.

Congressman Eric Cantor nabs the second highest post for a congressional Republican. Also, watch a full, unedited version of our interview with Cantor in a web exclusive.

Wednesday, staff from all Albemarle County Public schools, spent the day learning how to keep your children safe on-line.

In this struggling economy many people are fighting to get and even keep their jobs. Now there’s one employer out there that says they’re doing better than they have in years and they are still hiring.

A Charlottesville woman is one of three winners of the 15th Virginia Screenwriting Competition. The Virginia Film Office said Wednesday that 108 screenplays were submitted and 15 finalists were selected to go to the next round of judging. Entries must take place in Virginia or at locations which reasonably can be found in the state.

Map lovers gathered Wednesday at the University of Virginia to celebrate a day dedicated to mapping technology. November 19th is the 10th annual Geospatial Information Systems Day. GIS is the technology used to make maps.

Arlington lawyer, Dave Foster is the third Republican to enter the Party’s sweepstakes for the 2009 attorney general race. Foster, elected to the school board in heavily Democratic Arlington, is running against state Senator Ken Cuccinelli and former federal prosecutor John Brownlee for the GOP nomination.

Governor Timothy M. Kaine kicked off the 40th anniversary of the “Virginia is for Lovers” slogan at the Virginia State Capitol. What started out as “Virginia is for history lovers,” “Virginia is for beach lovers” and “Virginia is for mountain lovers,” was soon shortened to “Virginia is for Lovers,” implying that whatever visitors loved they could find in Virginia.