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A mass shooting on a bus returning from a class trip to Washington, D.C., killed three UVA football players and injured two others on November 13, 2022. The suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., was arrested the next day and charged with second-degree murder and using a handgun in a felony.
Charlottesville is an independent city in Virginia, named after Queen Charlotte. It is the home of two U.S. presidents, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, and the University of Virginia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
WCAV (channel 19) is a television station in Charlottesville, Virginia, that broadcasts CBS and Fox programs. It is owned by Lockwood Broadcast Group and has a history of legal battles over its construction permit and channel allocation.
Albemarle County is a county in the Piedmont region of Virginia, with Charlottesville as its county seat. It was created in 1744 and named after a British nobleman, and it is known for its association with Thomas Jefferson and his home, Monticello.
A white supremacist drove his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, killing one person and injuring 35. The attack was called a domestic terrorism act by the mayor, the FBI, and the U.S. attorney general, and the perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison.
Before 1888, Charlottesville was a town within Albemarle County, Virginia, and the electorate directly chose a mayor in regular elections. In 1888, Charlottesville incorporated as a city independent of the county but continued to select its mayors in the same fashion. Since 1922, however, the popular electorate has chosen a number of ...
WVIR-TV (channel 29) is a NBC and CW affiliate in Charlottesville, Virginia, that began broadcasting in 1973. It was the only full-service commercial station in the market for 31 years and faced challenges from the National Radio Quiet Zone and UHF channels.
WCHV is a news/talk/sports station that broadcasts on 1260 kHz and 107.5 FM in Charlottesville, Virginia. It has a history of changing formats and owners since its launch in 1929 as WEHC.