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In the nice-work-if-you-can-get-it category, starting teachers with no experience currently make $37,695 a year in Albemarle, and the county wants to bump that to $40,265, according to the Daily Progress. The DP reports that rookie teachers in Charlottesville earn $38,730. read full story

A DC-area NBC affiliate is suggesting that the General Assembly is moving toward passing the anti-smoking legislation championed by Roanoke senator Brandon Bell, which would effectively outlaw smoking in restaurants and other indoor public spaces and slap smokers with a $100 fine for a first offense. A hidden implication of read full story

Just days after UK football megastar David Beckham stunned the sports world by announcing his intention to leave championship Spanish team Real Madrid – read full story

Rolling Stone writer recalls 90s Charlottesville, Wedding funmag, Grisham to judge fiction contest ON THIS WEEK�S COVER: Love Is a Mix Tape: Rolling Stone writer recalls life, loss, and music in 90s Charlottesville The two nationally known, Charlottesville-based rock critics were so inseparable that someone thought they were one person. read full story

For folks who managed to snag tickets to tomorrow night's Red Hot Chili Peppers show at John Paul Jones Arena, seeing Anthony, Flea, John, and Chad meant plunking down $58.50 plus fees for any seat in the house. read full story

Philadelphia rock quintet Dr. Dog has announced that they will be coming to Starr Hill on May 11. read full story

The Washington Times reports that the Museum of the Confederacy may be looking to move from its Clay Street digs in Richmond– next to the Confederate White House, conveniently enough– and instead set up shop in the Lexington area– which is, also rather conveniently, the final res read full story

Need to sue someone for a personal injury? Well, you're in luck– yet another law firm has just opened up, and they focus on trial work– including "serious" personal injury litigation, medical malpractice, federal and state criminal cases, and divorce. It's Roanoke-based Lichtenstein Fishwick & Johnson PLC. No strangers to the area, two of the firm's five lawyers, John E. read full story

It looks like DMB may have developed a taste for hip-hop. After working with decidedly urban producer Mark Batson on the last album, Stand Up, Dave & Co. read full story

For nearly 40 years, the Kappa Sigma auditorium hosted community events, from Boy Scouts meetings to piano recitals. read full story

It appears the UVA Foundation got a deal on 407 Valley Road, another property scheduled for demolition to make way for the South Lawn project. read full story

While the snow and ice that arrived yesterday led to a number of accidents in the area, including this one on Rio Road, on Interstate 81 near Winchester the bad weather unfortunately claimed the lives of two local women, the Daily Progress reports. Thomasina Bryant, 36, of Charlottesville, was driving her Toyota SUV near Winchester yesterday when she lost control of the car, went across the median, and hit an oncoming car. read full story

Sunday's icy precip had barely begun to stick when down the Mall rumbled a big ole City Parks truck with an even bigger ole snowplow out in front, ready for action. Scrape, scrape... BOOM! Down went one of the four-light black "spider lights" in front of Bizou restaurant. What happened? City spokesperson Ric Barrick explains that a brake line malfunctioned on the truck, sending it into the pole. read full story

The farmer who lost his boars in a controversial government slaughter was convicted Friday of operating an illegal hunting enclosure, but the judge is considering a motion to quash the complaint. The September predawn raid of Danny and Cindi Henshaw's Gladstone hunting preserve and slaughter of at least 80 swine– including their two pet pigs read full story

Police and fire departments are warning people that, although the depth of today's snow is shallow, the roads remain remarkably– and dangerously– icy. Consider what happened in this 3:35pm photo on Rio Road. A maroon Toyota Camry was heading east into town, according to Albemarle police officer K. read full story

The Charlottesville area will get its first snowfall tomorrow morning, according to the Weather Underground, which is predicting one to three inches with a nearly 100 percent chance of snow. Already, city crews have mobilized, according to City spokesman Ric Barrick, who says the City has "one of the most state read full story

An American Idol finalist is coming back near his old stomping grounds, and the Daughtryphilic Daily Progress, which penned many loving stories last year, is the first read full story

A US Airways flight en route to Roanoke made an emergency landing yesterday at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, due to a fire in the cockpit. read full story

A Newport News delegate has introduced a bill that would add a cervical cancer vaccine tested at UVA to the battery of immunizations Virginia's schoolgirls receive. read full story