The sun sets on Court Square in Downtown Charlottesville in January 2018, in front of a controversial Confederate veteran war memorial.
Tiffany Abentroth, left, and Marie Taylor, right, both joined the U.S. Marine Corps as young women looking for a challenge. On Feb. 15, the local Marine Corps League and American Legion Post 74 celebrated the centennial of women in the Marines.
After Hurricane Harvey plowed through Texas in Sept. 2017, the Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA took in more than 70 animals from overcrowded shelters in Houston.
A young boy watches as Charlottesville firefighters put out a small fire on the Downtown Mall in June 2017.
On Aug. 16, 2017, a woman lit a candle in remembrance of Heather Heyer, a woman killed after a car collided with a group of anti-racist protesters, following the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville on Aug. 12.
On Aug. 12, 2017, white supremacist groups carried an array of Confederate and Nazi flags at the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville.
Newly-elected Charlottesville Commonwealth's Attorney Joe Platania speaks to media after he was sworn in at the Charlottesville Circuit Court in Jan. 2018.
A lone Unite the Right participant leaves downtown Charlottesville after police declared an unlawful assembly on Aug. 12. Anti-racist protesters followed the white supremacist groups and demanded that they never return.
A Charlottesville firefighter learns how to rappel down the side of the fire department during rope rescue training in May 2017.
Charlottesville Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy looks on as city Parks and Recreation crews place a black tarp over the statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in an act of mourning for Heather Heyer, a woman killed during the Unite the Right Rally on Aug. 12.