A few examples of the politics of flaky statistics have been falling into thousands of mailboxes throughout the Central Virginia House of Delegates district in which Nelson County Democrat Connie Brennan is challenging Del. Watkins M. Abbitt Jr., I-Appomattox.

Climate controlled living quarters with a lake breeze, a late-night restaurant and three convenience stores offering the necessities is not the worst way to go to war.

Kirby and Slade. Go together like peanut butter and jam. Always have. Always will. So then, it was perfect timing for the Virginia High School League to induct both of these famed athletes into its Hall of Fame during ceremonies Tuesday night at Charlottesville's Doubletree Hotel.

Charlottesville won its second game of the season last Friday at Fluvanna County with another strong performance from tailback LaCorie Steppe, as his recovery from a shoulder injury has coincided with the Black Knights' resurgence.

As construction crews clear and burn what will be the Belvedere development, a 700-home development off East Rio Road, some residents in nearby homes say that the smoke in the air is coating cars and causing respiratory problems.

Albemarle Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Camblos and challenger Denise Lunsford sparred Wednesday over the challenger's charges that Camblos' office has treated crime victims rudely in some cases and gone to court unprepared in others.

A 19-year-old man walking across East Rio Road was struck by a car Wednesday evening.

Nearly 2,000 mysterious red flags were scattered across the University of Virginia last week as part of a "viral" marketing campaign to focus attention on dating violence at college campuses.