FitzHerald-Tribune

 Crime is money for Brad McMurray, a business school graduate turned publisher whose Crime Times magazine began to appear on newsstands in area gas stations a few months ago. In fact, during a time when many newspapers struggle to match the costs of content and production with advertising revenue, McMurray is a one-man business with a steady influx of free content: the names and mugshots of hundreds of Virginia arrestees, whether they want the attention or not.

Incidentally, McMurray says he was arrested once, for an open container violation. “At the beach, when I was 18,” he says. C-VILLE asked McMurray for a photo, but he declined to provide one.

C-VILLE Weekly

August 23

Days before Ramadan, Islam’s month-long holy fast, the ACLU of Virginia sent letters to sheriffs and jail superintendents throughout the state to reiterate the religious rights of Muslim inmates. Each year, writes ACLU fellow Thomas Fitzpatrick, Muslim inmates complain about meals served during the hours when they are required to fast.

C-VILLE Weekly

August 23

For this year’s Best of C-VILLE issue, I wrote about the teacher behind world peace, Charlottesville’s smelliest neighborhood, a dangerous dogs registry, and how Gregory Fairchild’s study of Latino credit unions suggest that the community institutions may lower crime. I also wrote short profiles of Patricia Kluge, Donald Trump, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, and UVA President Teresa Sullivan.

C-VILLE Weekly

August 16