Western Albemarle High School

Game over: Charge in soccer biting case dropped
Published on Jan 10th, 2013
19 comments Former Fluco Katrina Ditta was supposed to be in Albemarle Circuit Court January 9 to appeal her conviction for allegedly biting a Western Albemarle soccer player during a game last spring. Instead,...
Sober blow? Controversy erupts after student gets breathalyzed
Published on Apr 21st, 2011
93 comments An allegation of drinking some spiked lemonade at Western Albemarle High School led to a 10th grade girl getting pulled out of class and forced to take an on-campus, police-administered breathalyzer...
Snap: Waiting for Obama
Published on Oct 29th, 2010
0 comments Behind this group of "Western Warriors," free speech monument overseer Josh Wheeler performs the regular Friday scrubbing at 9:20am. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER This group of Western Albemarle High...
Guilty plea: Crider charges could be dropped at 21
Published on Jun 9th, 2010
14 comments Attorney David Franzen and Patrick Crider leave court June 8 while the judge considered Crider's plea overnight. PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE In a plea agreement that keeps him out of jail and allows the...
Western Albemarle teen out on bond
Published on Mar 18th, 2010
2 comments Patrick Crider, 18, the former Western Albemarle High student who was arrested January 14 for allegedly threatening on Facebook to kill four other Western students, was released on a $5,000 bond...
Bail denied: Jailed teen's team blames drug, immaturity
Published on Jan 25th, 2010
15 comments Family–- and alleged victims–- of Patrick Crider gathered at his bond hearing in Albemarle General District Court. PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE Patrick D. Crider, 18, the Western Albemarle...
Jesus v. Jostens
Published on Jun 6th, 2002
0 comments The sign in front of Western Albemarle High School announced a June 1 baccalaureate service at a nearby church to send grads into the world with prayer.Some dismayed parents grabbed their phones and...