Jan. 23, 2025033
By Duncan NixonCorrespondent
It was a massacre. Fluco Coach Josh McElheny’s team has very little height and no bulk at all. What it has is a lot of solid athletes. It is hard for this team to let up on an outclassed opponent because the bench is nearly as good as the starters. The Flucos outscored the Bulldogs in the fourth quarter...
Jan. 23, 20250140
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Fluvanna County Public Schools is one of thousands of school districts caught up in a massive data breach of PowerSchool, the widely-used software company that helps manage information on students, staff, and faculty.
Superintendent Peter Gretz announced in a Jan. 10 statement that his leadership...
Jan. 23, 20250186
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Fluvanna’s Historic Courthouse Restoration Project has received a $785,000 grant from the state’s Department of Historic Resources Virginia 250 Preservation Fund.
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the grant, one of 35 approved statewide, on Thursday (Jan. 16).
The fund was established...
Jan. 23, 20250311
Trial date set for March 25
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
Fluvanna County Emergency Services Director James True was granted bond on Tuesday (Jan. 14), four days after his arrest on multiple misdemeanor counts of sexual assault.
General District Court Judge Theresa W. Carter set a secured bond of $10,000.
True stands...
Jan. 23, 2025083
Fluvanna couple help in efforts to buy campers for those in need
By Page H. GiffordCorrespondent
Appalachian Hope 4 U was started by Fred and Christie Huger of Fairfield, Va., and Scott and Tina Lough of Scherr, W.Va.. Tammy Kimble, who lives in Fluvanna, got involved with the organization with her twin sister Tina.
“When...
Jan. 16, 2025034
Includes instructional assistants, reading and math specialists
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
In one of the first public comments of 2025, a citizen complained the members of the School Board do not engage enough during their monthly meetings.
“I think a couple of you are athletic coaches, and I hope you're not bringing the...
Jan. 16, 20250250
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
A meal tax may be on the agenda for the Board of Supervisors in 2025.
Fluvanna voters rejected a meals tax in a 2018 referendum, triggering a six-year cooling period before it could be revisited. In 2019, the state law changed to allow boards to implement the tax without a referendum.
Whether or...
Jan. 16, 202501161
By Heather MichonCorrespondent
The cause of the loud boom that rattled windows and jangled some nerves across a wide swath of Fluvanna and Albemarle counties at around 5 p.m. on Sunday (Jan. 12) is still unconfirmed, but the most likely explanation seems to be the detonation of a Tannerite target near the county line.
Tannerite is...