CHARLOTTESVILLE — An Albemarle County jury awarded $5.25 million on Friday to the parents and sibling of a 16-year-old county girl who was killed in a car accident in 2008.

A congressional investigation has turned up yet another fraudulent letter sent to U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, this one forged to appear as if it was sent by the Senior Center in Albemarle County in opposition to climate change legislation.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — An Albemarle County man has been missing for seven days, and the Nelson County sheriff is questioning whether Michael Comer wants to be found.

In the hours after 911 calls came in about shots fired at cars on Interstate 64, dozens of Albemarle County police officers worked on the crime scene, tracked leads and worked with other law-enforcement agencies to try to find the shooters.

A Waynesboro truck driver involved in a wreck that killed an Albemarle teenager on U.S. 29 will face a jury early next year.