Bath court imposes sentences in multiple drug cases
WARM SPRINGS – A man who violated probation on an unlawful wounding conviction in Charlottesville, and also has convictions in Bath, will serve a 10-year sentence, with three years suspended, for his violations. Bath County Circuit Court Judge Ed Stein last Thursday told Rocky Lee Deane Jr., 33, “You blew off your probation … and
therecorderonline.comLinda Carol Nipper
MONTEREY — Linda Carol Nipper, 71, of Monterey, went to be with her Lord, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville. She was born May 20, 1951, in Augusta County, a daughter of the late Okie Alexander and Elizabeth “Libby” Grogg Nipper. A longtime resident of Highland County, she was a
therecorderonline.comMom, sister of slain UVA lacrosse player testify in lawsuit
The mother of a former women's lacrosse player at the University of Virginia broke into tears during her testimony Thursday as she described the moment when she learned her daughter was dead. Sharon Love said she thought at first that her daughter had been in a traffic accident, adding that she never thought Yeardley Love would be murdered, WVIR reported. Sharon Love, the administrator of her daughter’s estate, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against George Huguely V, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 killing of Yeardley Love, his on-again, off-again girlfriend.
news.yahoo.comHolly Hermanson Carter
CHARLOTTESVILLE — Holly Hermanson Carter, 58, died peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. She was born in Charlottesville on Jan. 21, 1964, She is survived by her sister, Heidi Minor of Charlottesville; her nephew, Jesse Minor of Fairfax; her stepmother, Judy Merz of Timberville; her stepbrother, Chris Pitsenbarger of Harrisonburg; and her beloved husband, Lenny Carter of Batesville. She was […]
therecorderonline.comTwo Republican members of Congress participated in a white nationalist’s conference. Mitt Romney called them ‘morons.’
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) later defended attending the conference organized by Nick Fuentes, saying she didn't know he has promoted white nationalist ideas.
washingtonpost.comWILMA FRANCES TURNER ROWE
STAUNTON — Wilma Frances Turner Rowe, 84, widow of William Wilson “Bill” Rowe, formerly of National Avenue in Staunton, passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. She was born in Hightown on April 11, 1937, a daughter of the late Boyd Edgar and Mae Doyle Turner. She was a member of Cherryvale […]
therecorderonline.comVirginia's new AG removes 2 lawyers at public universities
Virginia’s new Republican attorney general has fired lawyers for two large public universities, his office said, marking more significant changes by Jason Miyares while ascending to his new job. Tim Heaphy, counsel for the University of Virginia, and George Mason University counsel Brian Walther have been let go, Miyares spokeswoman Victoria LaCivita told The Washington Post. School counsel within Virginia's public colleges and universities are appointed by the attorney general.
news.yahoo.comSouthwest Virginia museum protesting plan to melt down Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue
Two unsuccessful bidders for the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that drew violent protesters to Charlottesville have filed a letter protesting the city's process to get rid of the statue, which ended last week in the acceptance of a proposal to melt it down and turn it into new art.
Charlottesville African American museum will melt down Robert E. Lee statue for new public art piece
The 1,100-pound bronze statue of Robert E. Lee that was at the center of a 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., will soon be melted down and repurposed into a new public artwork.
news.yahoo.com‘One of the sickest feelings’: Hokies reflect on 2019 loss in Charlottesville as the trip to UVA looms in the distance
It’s rivalry week as Virginia Tech prepares to take on Virginia on Saturday. While the Hokies did get the Commonwealth Cup back in Lane last fall, the feeling of losing in Charlottesville in 2019 still lingers.
'Unite the Right' trial jurors hear closings in Virginia
Lawyers for nine people hurt during the “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville have told a jury that white nationalists “planned, executed and then celebrated” racially motivated violence that left one counterprotester dead and dozens more injured.
The Lincoln Project sent a group posing as white supremacists with tiki torches to a GOP campaign event in Virginia ahead of the state's gubernatorial election
The claimed the stunt was to remind Virginians of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally and the "Republican Party's embrace of those values."
news.yahoo.comQuietest Place in America Is Also a Hotbed of Racist Hate
GettyWhile many Americans watched in horror as the racist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville erupted into violence, some mourned their absence. “It’s like I didn’t get to go to the prom,” as David Pringle put it to me.We stood in the Appalachian woods, outside the longtime headquarters of what was once America’s most dangerous neo-Nazi formation, the National Alliance, founded by the late William Luther Pierce, author of an infamous novel of racist futurism called The Turner Diaries. Pring
news.yahoo.comCharlottesville to remove Confederate monuments Saturday
A Confederate monument that helped spark a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville is set to come down Saturday, the city announced. Charlottesville said in a news release that the equestrian statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as well as a nearby one of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson will be removed Saturday. As those plans emerged, the Lee monument became a rallying point for white supremacists and other racist groups, culminating in the violent “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.
news.yahoo.comVirginia city council votes to remove Confederate statues
Officials in a Virginia city have voted unanimously to remove two statues of Confederate generals from downtown parks, including one that was the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017. The vote came late Monday after more than 50 people spoke during a virtual meeting, most in favor of removal, news outlets reported. The statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson won't be removed immediately from their respective spots in Market Street Park and Court Square Park; the state requires a 30-day window for the city to offer them to any museum, historical society, government or military battlefield.
news.yahoo.comCharlottesville Votes to Ditch Confederate Statues That Ignited ‘Unite the Right’ Rally
Reuters/Jonathan ErnstIn 2017, white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville for the deadly Unite the Right rally to protest against a plan to remove two statues of Confederate generals from public parks. Their cause has failed. On Monday, the city council voted once again to get rid of the monuments.The argument about whether to remove the two statues, one of Robert E. Lee and one of Stonewall Jackson, has raged for years. The city voted to remove the monuments in 2017, leading to the disastro
news.yahoo.comRight-wing think tank ordered to pay man hurt at rally $2.4M
A federal judge has ordered a right-wing think tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Nazi rally two years ago in Virginia. Bill Burke, of Athens, Ohio, says he was struck by a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr. — in a crash that killed counterprotester Heather Heyer — during the August 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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