Charlottesville Right Now

Charlottesville Right Now, 4pm – 6pm

Charlottesville Right Now, 4pm – 6pm

We go beyond the headlines into the important stories that matter to us locally.
Join NewsRadio WINA’s Courteney Stuart weekdays for the news and newsmakers of the day.

Wednesday, November 26, 201411/26/2014

Martha Mitchell Meade

Martha Mitchell Meade Manager Public & Government Affairs AAA Mid-Atlantic joins Les Sinclair to talk about travel this holiday weekend.

Wednesday, November 26, 201411/26/2014

Rebecca Weybright

Rebecca Weybright of Sexual Assault Resource Agency (S.A.R.A) joins Les Sinclair to discuss rape in our area and UVA’s new Zero Tolerance Policy regarding it.

Tuesday, November 25, 201411/25/2014

Matt Schulz

As we nudge closer to the holiday shopping season, Matt Schulz of CreditCards.com joins Les Sinclair to talk about spending.

Tuesday, November 25, 201411/25/2014

Pastor Lehman Bates

Pastor Lehman Bates of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the “Can Ferguson Happen Here” meetings were held back in August, joins us to discuss the issues.

Tuesday, November 25, 201411/25/2014

Laura French

Laura French CBS 6 (WTVR-TV) joins Les Sinclair to talk about the latest developments in the Morgan Harrington/Jesse Matthew Jr. case. DNA confirmed link in the case. This DNA was also used to establish the link in the Fairfax case from 2005.

Tuesday, November 25, 201411/25/2014

Carter Johnson

Carter Johnson of Albemarle County Police Dept joins to tell us about the “Click – it or Ticket” Campaign being enforced for the holiday travel season.

Tuesday, November 25, 201411/25/2014

Dori Zook

Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair to talk about the UVA Board of Visitors meeting about the Rolling Stone article.

Monday, November 24, 201411/24/2014

Susan Fraiman

UVA English Professor, Susan Fraiman, joins Les Sinclair to talk about the “Take Back The Party” event, this past Saturday night.

Monday, November 24, 201411/24/2014

David Cattell-Gordon

David Cattell-Gordon, head of Tele-Medicine at the University of Virginia talks about the recent FCC CONNECT2HEALTH Task Force round table meeting at UVA. He talks with Les Sinclair about the importance of broadband and medicine.

Monday, November 24, 201411/24/2014

Tom Powell

Tom Powell, Founder of Toy Lift Foundation, joins Les Sinclair to ask for volunteers for this years event. www.Toylift.org

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