Daily Progress photos for the week of October 5th. 

Monday morning, back in the saddle

For close to four years Piedmont Virginia Community College has used its viticulture and enology programs to school students in the ways of winemaking.

A Charlottesville man was slain early Sunday after a confrontation at a party apparently escalated into violence, police said. One other person was shot and two more were injured.

Charlottesville’s poverty picture looks bleak from within the walls of its public schools.

Multimedia: PVCC winemaking class

Like any other business in a softening economy, the Sexual Assault Resource Agency has been cutting back on expenses and nonessential travel.

Police are seeking a Charlottesville man they believe is connected with a homicide near the University of Virginia early this morning. Three other people were injured in the shooting.

Regarding the letter headlined “World hoping for Obama victory,” published on Oct. 3 in The Daily Progress:

The chances of slamming your car into a deer just went up.

The conversation about how Albemarle County and Charlottesville will get drinking water for the next 50 years — and at what cost — has heated up since an engineering firm hiked a cost estimate by tens of millions of dollars.

“If you don’t have the money, it’s hard to live in Charlottesville.”

Barbara Williams spent her Saturday afternoon browsing jewelry cases and pottery pieces, hoping to return home with a few select items.

Albemarle County wants to determine the extent of bullying in its schools and ways it can be prevented.

Drivers who use the Route 827 bridge to cross the Piney River at the Amherst-Nelson county line will need to plan for delays beginning Tuesday.

Recess has a fresh face at Ruckersville Elementary School, where the ribbon was cut on a new playground this week.

A federal panel has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a former Charlottesville-area driver who said he was fired because of his religion.

Violent crime is down so far this year in the Charlottesville area, but that good news is tainted by September’s three homicides.

Home sales are down 21.7 percent across the Charlottes-ville region, according to a new market analysis by the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors.

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Arlington, visited Charlottesville on Friday to endorse Democrat Tom Perriello in his bid to unseat longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount.

“DemoCat” Sammy has defeated “RePuplican” Zachary in the Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA’s mock election.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office has received a $150,000 grant for school security.

An Albemarle County man faces another indictment in connection with a 1988 homicide.

Nailing down the number of affordable housing units in Charlottesville is nearly impossible, complicating the city’s efforts to expand its stock, officials said Friday.

Alvin Lee “Butch” Morris, 67, appeared in court this morning as a first appearance on a murder during the course of a robbery charge. Circuit Judge Cheryl Higgins said the charge will be secured under Morris’s previously set $50,000 bond.

Charlottesville spent $2.1 million on affordable housing last fiscal year, yet the city has no record of the numbers of planned or completed affordable units. 

The University of Virginia will lose $10.6 million of its $161 million state funding appropriation, a cut of nearly 7 percent.

Earl Funk has spent most of his life loving the outdoors. His family is holding out hope that the 50-year-old will survive his latest foray into the wilderness.

STANARDSVILLE — A Greene County woman facing charges of having sex with William Monroe High School student-athletes had a hearing postponed Thursday.

A Staunton man accused of leading Virginia State Police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 64 that ended in Charlottesville is now facing federal drug and firearm charges and jail time.