State police announced Friday that they think Morgan D. Harrington was trying to hitchhike on a Copeley Road bridge the night she disappeared, which her father said isn’t something she’d normally do.

Route 651 north in Orange County remained impassable because of flooding.

The election for the City Council has been decided for nearly two weeks, but one question still looms before the new body takes over in January. Who will be Charlottesville’s next mayor?

A Fluvanna County man has pleaded guilty to bribing Panamanian government officials to obtain a contract for maintenance of lighthouses and buoys.

Anyone who recalls seeing a young woman hitchhiking the night of Oct. 17 on or near the Copeley Road bridge is asked to contact police.

Another candidate seeking the GOP nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, in fall 2010 swung through Charlottesville on Thursday.

Saturday morning will mark an annual ritual for thousands of area hunters

Albemarle County schools expect about $6 million less in state funding next fiscal year than this fiscal year — likely equating to another blow to teachers and less funding for operational expenses.

Weather experts even warned of possible freezing rain

A civil jury trial over a $15 million lawsuit spurred by the death of a 16-year-old Albemarle County girl began Thursday in Albemarle Circuit Court.

Albemarle County sales tax revenues bucked a yearlong trend in September by increasing more than 4 percent over the same month last year.

The former CIA chief of station in Islamabad sharply criticized President Barack Obama’s drawn-out decision over the United States’ military strategy in Afghanistan.

Geller said no charges will be filed against the driver of the tractor-trailer.

Motorists are urged to use alternate routes and avoid the area if possible.

The project is a continuation of the Miller Center’s ongoing Presidential Oral History Program.

Charlottesville still had a surplus at the end of the last fiscal year, despite that the economy is forcing many localities to deal with growing budgetary holes and fewer ways to plug them.

Employees of retail and hospitality-related businesses are getting first crack at becoming “certified tourism ambassadors” under an education program sponsored by the national Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Partnership.

The University of Virginia has begun posting its doctors’ financial dealings online for the world to see.

The speed limit on a section of Route 230 in Madison County will be reduced to 45 mph beginning Tuesday.

The Piedmont Pet Pantry has received a $2,000 grant from the PETCO Foundation — money that will help local residents who are struggling financially to pay for cat and dog food.

The holidays came early Wednesday as customers waited en masse for the official opening of the area’s newest Walmart.

Community ideas sought to improve city corridor

Talk show advice expert Dr. Phil interviewed the parents of missing student Morgan D. Harrington in an episode set to air at 3 p.m. today on NBC.

The deadline for filing Albemarle County land use revalidation forms is Dec. 5.

Charlottesville is preparing to unveil the winners of its competition to design a clock honoring its relationship with its sister cities.

Zipcars are coming to the University of Virginia.

University of Virginia officials say they are trying to follow Thomas Jefferson’s architectural and academic precepts in the design and redevelopment of the university’s Grounds.

Police sent in a search dog near Old Lynchburg Road after a woman discovered a man in her home Tuesday, but the effort turned up nothing.

A public forum will be held next week on the future of downtown Crozet and revisions to the Crozet Master Plan.

The Charlottesville Planning Commission on Tuesday quickly vetted and approved the first site plan for a 77,000-square-foot YMCA in McIntire Park.