Charlottesville

Last week, we reported on how the Unite the Right rally, its aftermath, and dynamics at city hall have contributed to the current municipal woes of Charlottesville.Randi Hagi from member station WMRA has this follow-up report on the city's decision to hire a consulting firm to provide city management services, and what that will cost taxpayers.

The local non-profit plans to melt down the monument, in order to transform the bronze material into a work of public art.

When a jury awarded victims of the violent Unite the Right rally more than $25 million in damages, lawyers for the plaintiffs celebrated, but their work has just begun.

After a nearly monthlong civil trial, a jury in U.S. District Court in deadlocked on two key claims Tuesday but found the white nationalists liable on four other counts.

Universities are economic engines – producing educated graduates ready to work or to start their own businesses, but for more than a decade most UVA graduates had to leave Charlottesville. There was limited space for new and growing companies. Now, the city has a new high rise on the downtown mall known as the CODE Building – short for the Center of Developing Entrepreneurs.

The civil suit against 14 white supremacists and ten organizations accused of conspiring to commit violence in Charlottesville more than four years ago is now in the hands of a jury.

After weeks of silence, Charlottesville’s former police chief came out swinging today. RaShall Brackney is demanding the city pay her $3 million – claiming her professional reputation was damaged because she dared to challenge racism and bad conduct by white officers.

It usually takes about two hours for the federal court in Charlottesville to choose a jury for a civil case, but Sines V. Kessler is not a “usual case.” The judge and jurors will be back for a third day today after meeting nearly ten hours on Tuesday.

This year, the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library is marking its 100th anniversary – screening a documentary produced in collaboration with the local historical society.

When the city of Charlottesville removed statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson from public parks, many people figured the debate was over, but the city has some additional decisions to make.