The Daily Progress

The Daily Progress is the only daily newspaper serving the Charlottesville, Virginia area. It has been in circulation every day since September 14, 1892. The newspaper was established by James Hubert Lindsay and his brother Frank Lindsay. Initially, The Progress was released six days a week, with its first Sunday edition appearing in September 1968. The Lindsay family owned the paper for 78 years before selling it. On November 30, 1970, they announced the sale to the Worrell Newspaper group, which officially took over operations on January 1, 1971.

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Powhatan football receiver Ben Whitver chooses JMU over Liberty, Wake Forest

3 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Robby Fletcher

POWHATAN — When Ben Whitver announced on his X account that he was moving his official college commitment announcement up to June 18, his decision was still up in the air. Down to three schools with one last official visit to James Madison University on June 12, Whitver headed out to Harrisonburg for one last sales pitch among 15 total offers and came back with a decision to join the Dukes. “I didn’t even know until the Monday after my JMU visit,” Whitver said about his decision.
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4 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Madison Troyer

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4 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Brynn Anderson

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Virginia court upholds federal ban on handgun sales to young adults

5 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Luca Powell

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond on Wednesday upheld a federal law barring gun shops from selling handguns to individuals under the age of 21. The ruling is another flashpoint in a yearslong saga by Second Amendment advocates to allow young adults to buy handguns — an issue that has divided Virginia’s federal judiciary since 2018, when a young Republican political organizer first alleged an infringement of his rights.
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6 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Fernando Llano

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6 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Matt Kelley

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Atlee pitcher Noah Yoder changes commitment from Duke to Virginia

6 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Robby Fletcher

MECHANICSVILLE — It didn’t take long for Noah Yoder to find the next stop in his baseball career. The Atlee pitcher that helped the team to back-to-back region titles and a state championship as a junior is heading to the University of Virginia, a decision he confirmed on his X account this week. Yoder flipped from an initial commitment to Duke University, following head coach Chris Pollard and his staff after Pollard left the Blue Devils to take a job within the ACC with the Cavaliers.
One year later: A look at the Mountain Valley Pipeline

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Laurence Hammack

One year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline was completed, scars on the landscape along parts of its route through Southwest Virginia remain fresh. From the top of Poor Mountain in Roanoke County, a strip of bare earth can be seen cutting a swath up and down a wooded slope — marking the path of a buried pipeline that began transporting natural gas to East Coast markets on June 14, 2024. Construction crews have spent the past year working on final restoration.
Wingina man charged with murder in Buckingham County

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Hawes Spencer

Last month's death of a Dillwyn man, a father of three, was an intentional homicide, according to Buckingham County officials who secured a first-degree murder indictment from a grand jury earlier this month. Court records indicate that Vincent Lashawn Rose, 41, is accused of fatally shooting Scott Lee Randall, 45, on May 12.
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1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Alex Brandon

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