Courteney Stuart

Charlottesville

Journalist at Freelance

Investigative reporter, host of Charlottesville Right Now on WINA, co-creator of Small Town Big Crime podcast

Articles

VCU startup grabs military attention, funding

Nov 29, 2024 | virginiabusiness.com | Courteney Stuart

A discovery by a Virginia Commonwealth University research scientist that could revolutionize the treatment of massive blood loss injuries is receiving major support from the military. In August, the U.S. Air Force awarded a $1.8 million grant to Perfusion Medical, a company co-founded by Martin J. Mangino with support from the VCU TechTransfer and Ventures office. The grant brings total military support for Perfusion to $7 million since 2023.
Virginia Business

Aug 29, 2024 | virginiabusiness.com | Courteney Stuart

The rate stuffSentara rate probe: Inflated premiums or federal overreach? PublishedAugust 29, 2024byCourteney StuartSentara Health, which operates Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital in Albemarle County, is at the center of a federal civil investigation over how the Hampton Roads-based health care system’s former Optima Health subsidiary set insurance rates in Charlottesville for the Affordable Care Act market in 2018 and 2019.
Hudson advocates for ranked choice voting in Charlottesville

Aug 15, 2024 | cvillerightnow.com | Courteney Stuart

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CVILLERIGHTNOW.COM) – At its August 19 meeting, Charlottesville City Council will conduct the first of two readings of a draft ordinance that would allow the city to adopt ranked choice voting. Former state delegate and ranked choice voting advocate Sally Hudson says the choice is clear. “It’s a small change to ballots that makes a big difference for democracy,” Hudson said in an interview on Charlottesville Right Now.
Craigsville man charged in hit-and-run of child

Aug 13, 2024 | cvillerightnow.com | Courteney Stuart

AUGUSTA COUNTY, Va. (CVILLERIGHTNOW.COM) -A Craigsville man who went on the run after striking and seriously injuring a young girl in a hit-and-run incident on Saturday is now in custody. According to a release from Virginia State Police, 56-year-old John Randozzo Jr. contacted law enforcement on Monday and has been charged with one count of felony hit and run and with driving on a suspended license.
City Council Enters “Marginally Less Horrible” Agreement with CPC, Approves $1.8 Million Annual Rent for Water Street Parking Garage

Aug 8, 2024 | cvillerightnow.com | Courteney Stuart

“Hard to stomach,” is how Councilor Brian Pinkston described the situation minutes before the vote. “This is making what was a really horrible deal marginally less horrible.”The legal relationship between CPC and the city began in 1991 with the signing of a lease, CPC owner Mark Brown explained in an interview on Charlottesville Right Now. CPC bought the land where the Water Street garage sits in 1959 and created a surface lot.
Gordonsville man sentenced in homicide of Danny Hall

Aug 7, 2024 | cvillerightnow.com | Courteney Stuart

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A Gordonsville man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Oct 2023 shooting death of Danny Hall will serve a decade in prison. Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Moore announced the 10-year active sentence during a hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Reginald E.
Short term rental listing stirs Fair Housing controversy

Aug 1, 2024 | cvillerightnow.com | Courteney Stuart

Charlottesville resident Barbara Fitch has been keeping an eye on local real estate since the city adopted a new zoning ordinance earlier this year, and a recent online listing for a house for rent stopped her in her tracks. The three-bedroom home in the historically black 10th and Page neighborhood was listed for over $4,300 a month, an amount she found shockingly high. But it was a warning in the fine print that really grabbed her attention.
Forensic psychologist recalls Rice evaluation

Jul 25, 2024 | cvillerightnow.com | Courteney Stuart

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A retired forensic psychologist who examined longtime Shenandoah Park murders suspect Darrell Rice says he never believed Rice had committed the 1996 double homicide of Julie Williams and Lollie Winans. “I didn’t believe he was capable of doing that,” Jeff Fracher said in an interview on Charlottesville Right Now a month after Rice was exonerated when DNA identified an Ohio man, Walter “Leo” Jackson Sr., as the killer.
City steps in to help Carlton Mobile Home Park residents

Jul 17, 2024 | cvillerightnow.com | Courteney Stuart

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLERIGHTNOW) – Weeks after residents of the Carlton Mobile Home Park were notified that the park’s owner had received a $7 million offer to purchase the property, the City of Charlottesville is getting involved. “The city is participating in a separate conversation about a potential offer that might hopefully make it possible for that [sale] to not occur,” Charlottesville City Manager Sam Sanders told Charlottesville Right Now.
Weeks after DNA exoneration, Darrell Rice has died

Jul 8, 2024 | cvillerightnow.com | Courteney Stuart

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The man long considered the prime suspect in the 1996 murders of two women in Shenandoah National Park has died just two weeks after a DNA match cleared him of the crime. In news first reported by Missouri news outlet KTTN.com, Darrell D. Rice was killed just before 10 p.m. on July 5 when he was struck by a vehicle while riding a bike on a rural highway in Chariton County, Missouri. Rice, 56, was airlifted to a hospital where he was declared dead.