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Friends of "Slate Hill Phil" will gather tomorrow night to play music by the young musician who died of mysterious causes in late December. Tomorrow's celebration commemorates a young man who helped shape the local blues and bluegrass scenes: Phillip Allen Gianniny who founded the Slate Hill Boys and was a member of both the H read full story

Larry Claytor is hoping the third time will be the charm. Claytor will soon announce his candidacy for the Albemarle sheriff's job, from which Ed Robb presumably will announce his retirement Monday. read full story

"We the jury find the defendant, Antonio Dale Crawford, guilty of the willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing of Sarah Crawford in the commission of the abduction with the intent to defile Sarah Crawford and in the commission of the rape of Sarah Crawford." And thus did Charlottesville's first capital murder case in nearly a decade draw to a close today at 12:45pm, as the jury returned guilty verdicts on six of read full story

The Charlottesville Circuit Courtroom was cleared of spectators tonight at 9:30 as jurors, now nearly four hours into their deliberations in the capital murder trial of Anthony Dale Crawford, have asked to see some onscreen evidence, possibly the videotape made at the Jacksonville police station after Mr. read full story

Less than 15 minutes into day four of the capital murder trial of Anthony Dale Crawford, the Commonwealth rested its case following admission of one last piece of evidence: an affadavit filed by Sarah Louise Crawford in support of a November 1, 2004 protective order she sought against her estranged husband. After the jury had reviewed the affadavit and left the courtroom, defense attorney Rhonda Quagliana filed a moti read full story

Is recycling worth it?, Gruesome murder trial, Two Dems want Goode's seat ON THIS WEEKââ?¬â?¢S COVER: (Re)cycle of life: We want to believe We love to recycle. We love the feeling of saving the planet by chucking paper, glass, and aluminum in those nifty tubs on trash pick-up day. We feel so virtuous recycling– even when it doesn't make economic (or perhaps even environmental) sense. read full story

Though the spring concert season is over two months away, Bonnie Raitt has just unofficially kicked it off. read full story

In the days after Sarah Louise Crawford was shot in the chest and left dead or dying in the Quality Inn on Emmet Street, her husband, Anthony Dale Crawford, seemed "happy" and "normal" as he reconnected with distant family members in read full story

"You'll pay for this," an agitated Anthony Dale Crawford allegedly said to his wife as her parents helped her move out the Manassas apartment the couple shared. The chilling testimony in Mr. read full story

Although her body showed signs of multiple injuries, a medical examiner testified this morning there's no mystery about how Sarah Louise Crawford died. "A gunshot wound is the cause of death," said medical examiner Deborah Kay, who conducted a portion of Crawford's autopsy. read full story

UVA researchers are at it again– giving parents new information about raising their yougins'. read full story

Remember last year's nutty Hook cover story on roadside historical markers? read full story

The snow began falling tonight on the west side of town (where these storms usually start) at about 7:25pm. By 8:30pm, the boys' YMCA basketball practice at Meriwether Lewis Elementary School, just north of the village of Ivy, was ending, and at least an inch of snow had fallen. As this 9pm through-the-windshield photograph on Garth Road indicates, the snow is sticking. read full story

A milk truck tossed its cookies exiting I-64 this afternoon around 2:50pm, closing Route 250. read full story

"We found a female body lying on a bed," testified Charlottesville police officer Lynn Childers this afternoon on the first day of the trial of Anthony Dale Crawford, the Manassas man who stands accused of killing and raping his wife and creepil read full story

Well, it looks like mothers throughout the ages were right all along. According to UVA medical researchers, getting your kids to bed earlier will help them do better in school. In 2000, researchers at the University of Virginia received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study sleep apnea in children, a condition where breathing is obstructed during sleep. read full story

In 1992, he beat back charges that he raped a previous wife. read full story

The Hook owes an eternal debt of gratitude to the Eugene, Oregon-based Register-Guard for inadvertently alerting us to another Charlottesville superlative while writing about their own set of problems. According to Google's web traffic analyses, Charlottesville may be the read full story

Wake up, Maggie– Rod Stewart's coming to Charlottesville. read full story