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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Jim Obergefell

1 day ago | dailyprogress.com | Andrew Harnik

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Taking the kids: Time travel back to ancient Egypt and meet king Tut

2 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Eileen Ogintz

Let’s hear it for ambitious kids!A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was struggling. For years, he’d been searching unsuccessfully for the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the “boy king,” who died as a teenager. His patron, George Herbert, the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, and an avid collector of Egyptian antiquities, told Carter he was cutting off his funding after the season.
Coty Procter & Gamble

2 days ago | dailyprogress.com | John Minchillo

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Sessions: Beleza offers 'funkalicious samba soul' - and a love story

2 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

They met in Brazil and performed in Turkey before bringing their original blend of samba, jazz, bossa nova, flamenco and more home to Charlottesville. Guitarist Humberto Sales and vocalist Madeline Holly-Sales perform as Beleza, a duo taking its name from a warm Portuguese greeting that means “beauty” and acknowledges agreement and affirmation and beauty.
South Korea Election What To Know

3 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Mark Schiefelbein

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The history and significance of Juneteenth

3 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Nicole Caldwell
Field grows as Youngkin sets special election for Connolly's congressional seat

3 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Michael Martz

The race to succeed U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-11th, began before his death two weeks ago, but it intensified on Tuesday when Gov. Glenn Youngkin set a Sept. 9 special election for the 11th Congressional District seat. Candidates must file by July 11 to run for the seat, and the field already includes 10 people — seven Democrats, two Republicans and one political independent. Del. Irene Shin, D-Fairfax, jumped into the race Tuesday, shortly after Youngkin set the date for the special election.
Fridays After Five unveils second half of summer concert season

3 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Jane Dunlap Sathe

The second half of Charlottesville's popular Fridays After Five concert series will begin July 4 with headlining band Kendall Street Company and Theocles opening the show. Ting Pavilion on the city's Downtown Mall has released the lineup of free concerts from the nation's birthday through Sept. 5 which promise to give revelers a chance to mingle, unwind and start the weekend a little early.
New revelations prompt reevaluation of Charlottesville socialite's child sex crime case

3 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Hawes Spencer

New information, that a doddering doctor was prescribing mind-altering drugs to a Charlottesville socialite who later pleaded guilty to child sex crimes, has prompted a reevaluation of the case on the eve of her sentencing in federal court. Eleanor Hunton Hoppe, the 47-year-old scion of a prominent Richmond legal family and the ex-wife of a federal judge in Charlottesville, pleaded guilty last year to one count of distributing child pornography.
US Mexican Girl Medical Care

3 days ago | dailyprogress.com | Jae Hong

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