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Stepping Stone looking for volunteers
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Stepping Stone helps meet the needs of under-resourced families in Charlottesville, but needs volunteers to help it reach as many families as possible. “Families who we are serving still greatly need our assistance in the summertime just as much as they need our help, you know,...
Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office investigating cases of police impersonation
FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - According to the Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office, it has received multiple calls from citizens in Fluvanna County, Albemarle County, and Charlottesville regarding an unknown individual or individuals impersonating deputies. The calls direct citizens to withdraw money or make online payments to avoid arrest. The...
'It Means Everything': Virginia's Connor Shellenberger Reflects on an All-Time Career
PHILADELPHIA — The moment kind of snuck up on him. Virginia’s singular Connor Shellenberger tried suppressing the broiling feelings underneath. Regardless of what the graduate senior attackman attempted, the emotions were too strong. They began to bubble over and, like standing in line at a wake, it hit...
Farm Life Ruritans celebrate 75 years
Farm Life Ruritan President Wyatt Coltrain was excited about the large crowd that assembled at the Maple Grove Christian Church to celebrate the organization’s 75 year anniversary. Ruritan dignitaries, including Ruritan National President Robin Davenport and National Director Roger Peterson, attended and spoke highly of the Farm Life club, the member’s contribution to the community and the enthusiasm in the room. They also complimented everyone on the food. The Ruritanettes hosted the event with the help of grill masters Joe and Jake Lilley who delivered the still warm BBQ to the event. The kitchen was filled with platters of deviled eggs, hot dogs, pasta and potato salads and, of course, platters of Pulled Pork hot off the grill. Screamin’ Bridge Bluegrass provided entertainment throughout the event. One of the highlights of the evening was the dessert table offering a wide variety of cakes, cookies, brownies and pies. Most disappeared rapidly.
Family gifted My Little Pony doll to honor daughter’s memory
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A Charlottesville family, trying to work through tragedy, now has something unique to hold onto and remember their little girl. Margaret “Maggie” Staver Joy Kaufman was seven years old when she passed away in March. Maggie Joy loved her My Little Pony toys. Now,...
Great Harvest Bread Co. offering free food for Memorial Day weekend
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Great Harvest Bread Company in Charlottesville has a treat for all active military members and veterans on Saturday, May 25. To honor the people who served our country, Great Harvest is offering them a free sandwich or salad. The cafe does this twice a year, for...
Virginia selected as regional baseball host site
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WSET) — Virginia baseball is getting exactly what they wanted, despite an early exit from the ACC Tournament. More postseason baseball in Charlottesville. Disharoon Park will serve as one of the 16 regional host sites for the 2024 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. Virginia will host a...
Dammann Fund invites aapplications from mental health, teen parenting programs
The Dammann Fund is committed to supporting programs in teen parenting and independent living for the mentally ill in New York City, southwestern Connecticut, New York’s Westchester County, and Charlottesville, Virginia. The organization invites applications for programs that enable the development of parenting skills in young parents and those...
Hungarian artist visits Cville Arts Festival
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- The fourth annual Cville Arts Festival took place this past weekend, bringing in artists from around the area and even one from far away. “The whole purpose of this event is to bring community, creativity, inclusivity, and diversity together," said Ewa Harr, the executive director of the IX Art Park Foundation.
No. 7 seed Maryland defeats No. 6 seed Virginia in one-sided NCAA semifinal
A frenetic start transformed rapidly into a mundane blowout, with the Maryland lead inching larger and their faceoff dominance wreaking destruction, making the Virginia offense stutter. Time leached away, and when it finally ran out it cemented a 12-6 victory Saturday for the No. 7 seed Terrapins (11-5, 3-2 Big Ten) over the No. 6 seed Cavaliers (12-6, 1-3 ACC) in a disappointment of an NCAA Tournament semifinal.
Community members gather to clean graves of fallen veterans
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - More than 60 people came to Maplewood and Oakwood cemeteries to plant American flags and clean the gravestones of veterans. Some volunteers came to clean their own family member’s gravestones, others wanted to honor veterans in central Virginia. Some of these volunteers include the mayor...
QUILLEN: Online asynchronous courses are pointless for full-time students
Schools moved classes online throughout the pandemic, so online class is something that has become painfully familiar to students of this generation. Like other institutions, the University relied heavily on this format during the pandemic. However, the University's use of online classes has outlasted the pandemic, with some classes remaining exclusively online. It seems that, in the University’s eyes, a student’s experience in an online class is just as valuable as one in person — after all, the two types of classes carry the same credit value. The University’s reliance on online classes as an equally effective alternative to in-person classes ignores the sheer disparity in learning experience between the two. In light of this reality, the University must stop offering online asynchronous classes to full-time, in-person undergraduate students.
Virginia, re-energized and tidy, sets 36-hole pace at NCAA Championship
CARLSBAD, Calif. – After Virginia finished sixth at its home event, the Lewis Chitengwa Memorial, just ahead of its B-team, Cavaliers head coach Bowen Sargent could sense that his players were gassed. “They all looked tired and sluggish,” Sargent said, “so I told them just put your clubs up...
Gallery: WM boys lose to Kettle Run in regional quarterfinal
Wednesday night, No. 4 William Monroe’s boys’ soccer team hosted fifth-seeded Kettle Run (Fauquier County) in a VHSL Class 3B regional quarterfinal game. Monroe opened with a 1-0 lead only to see the Cougars tie and then go ahead. WM tied again but fell 4-3 at the end.
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