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Virginia Opens 2024 Season with Sweep Over Marist
NORFOLK, Va. – The Virginia volleyball team (1-0) opened its 2024 campaign with a convincing 25-9, 25-12, 25-13 victory over Marist (0-2) at Old Dominion’s Quest for the Crown tournament at the ODU Volleyball Center Friday afternoon (Aug. 30). The Cavaliers dialed up 11 aces from behind the...
Men’s soccer buries St. Joseph’s beneath scoring flurry
It seemed for a while like a simple case of one team commanding but never fully separating, one of those games that never feels as close as the final scoreline. Then the eruption happened. Virginia rammed home two goals in two minutes and then another one less than 12 minutes later, turning a nonchalant affair into a 5-0 drubbing of St. Joseph’s on Thursday at Klockner Stadium, a game rescheduled to 3 p.m. from 7 p.m. due to thunderstorm forecasts.
Community Counts: Ronald McDonald House
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- In this Community Counts, Bo Sykes talks with Alisa Powell with the Ronald McDonald House of Charlottesville about what the organization does to help families, its needs, and the upcoming JackFest. For more information, click here. Watch the next Community Counts on the Cville Women's...
Beer Run Has a New Chef: Laura Fonner
Two of the best things in the Charlottesville food community are coming together. Beer Run. And Laura Fonner. To many, it’s clear what makes this news. But for those who need a primer: founded in 2007, Beer Run is Charlottesville’s quintessential family restaurant. Brought into existence by government restrictions on alcohol, Beer Run has since been a fixture on The Charlottesville 29, and a perennial winner of other awards.
GAMEDAY: Virginia vs. Richmond - Saturday, Aug. 31
UVA Strong Day – Wear Orange. Virginia Athletics is giving away 30,000 UVA Strong t-shirts at all gates. Shirt sizes range from adult small to 3XL. Shirts are only available for pickup on gameday while supplies last. Fans are encouraged to arrive early and be in their seats by 5:35 p.m. for the in-venue pregame show.
United States at Offbeat Roadhouse
United States will pull into Offbeat Roadhouse Friday night, September 6, for a concert which will also be broadcast on WTJU. Established in 2019 amidst the challenges of the Covid lockdown, United States brings together the talents of Michael Sokolowski on piano, Drew Pompano on bass, and Jim Ralston on drums. What sets this jazz trio apart is its improvisational flexibility.
Two Virginia schools, two different approaches to students' phones
Each morning, students at Martin Luther King Middle School in Richmond, Virginia, begin their day with a lesson in restraint — by handing in their phones. "I'm not worried about the notifications I'm getting and who's texting me or what's going on on social media," 8th grader Jazmine Anderson said.The school began piloting a program last year to lock up cellphones in special pouches made by the company Yondr and store them in a supervised backpack. When the school first started using the locked pouches, they'd let students hold onto them. But that didn't quite work, 8th grade English teacher...
More information has come out about Charlottesville’s city attorney who is on indefinite leave
There are folks in the City of Chesapeake this week calling for their mayor’s resignation. A local journalist there discovered that in 2022, Mayor Richard West asked his city attorney and staff to help his stepbrother through a legal issue. And the city attorney’s office did, using city resources, free of charge.
Catching Up With Coach Mox
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Her second season as the University of Virginia’s head women’s basketball coach ended March 24. About 10 weeks later, Amaka Agugua-Hamilton gave birth to her daughter, Nkiru. Agugua-Hamilton and her husband, Billy Hamilton, also have a son, Eze, who was born in the spring...
A Welcome from Dean Kendrick
Welcome to the new school year! You are the very first students I get to have as Dean, and I am honored to take on this role with you. As I have been thinking about what good wishes to send you for your year, I have found myself recalling the things that remain constant, from my time as a student to yours.
MSoc: Hoos break Hawks with 5-0 Victory at Home
Charlottesville, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW): After a tough loss to Colgate on Sunday in front of the Wahoo faithful, Virginia Men’s soccer has swiftly corrected the course and gotten back to winning ways. With stormy weather looming, the Cavaliers took to the pitch and put five goals past the St. Joseph’s Hawks for their second win of the season.
Charlottesville’s Dairy Market aims to make space for kids, adults, new eateries
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Major changes are in the works at the Dairy Market. “You know, change is good,” said Michael Rosen, Director of Hospitality Assets for Tiger Lily Capital, which manages the Dairy Market. “If you go and look at other food hall concepts, you know, you want to keep things on their toes and guests on their toes.”
Around the Corner 8/30: Countdown to kickoff, Emma Navarro continues to impress, and UVA basketball’s annual softball game a success
‘Twas the day before kickoff, when all through the Grounds, not a first year was stirring, not even a fourth; the field was painted, and the new video board was built with care in hopes that the Virginia Cavaliers would win there. Clement Clarke Moore is shaking in his boots....
Back for his 7th year, Kam Butler will be a difference-maker
Virginia defensive end Kam Butler is embarking on his seventh season of college football. No, that is not a typo. Butler, who transferred to UVA after a four-year stint at Miami (Ohio) in 2022, is in his third year as a Cavalier. After starting 44 straight games in his career, Butler was sidelined after only four games last season with a shoulder injury and was awarded a medical redshirt.
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