Sandy Hausman
Charlottesville Bureau ChiefSandy Hausman joined the Radio IQ team in 2008 after living and working in Chicago for 30 years. Since then, she's won numerous national and regional awards for her prolific coverage of the environment, criminal justice, research and happenings at the University of Virginia. Sandy is a graduate of Cornell University and holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Michigan. Contact Sandy at shausman@vt.edu.
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Communities in the state of Maryland send more trash to Virginia landfills than any other state, and one large county may soon be adding to the flow of garbage – sending 600,000 tons of waste each year to (counties). People who live near the county’s incinerator like that idea, but opposition is growing as environmentalists make the case for keeping and burning local waste.Sandy Hausman has that story. -
In a noisy world, people sometimes tune-out the sounds around them, but at the University of Virginia artists are celebrating sound with two intriguing exhibits. -
State regulators have approved increases in what Dominion can charge customers. The average household will pay $11.24 per month more next year. Rates for Appalachian Power have also been rising. Some people blame data centers for the increase, but as Sandy Hausman reports, other factors are causing energy costs to spike. -
Whenever there‘s a mass shooting in this country, the question is why. Often the answer is complicated. That’s certainly the case in Charlottesville where a UVA student killed three members of the football team and wounded two others. Craig Wright spoke with reporter Sandy Hausman who covered the trial of Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr. for RadioIQ. -
A judge in Charlottesville has handed down five life sentences to Chris Jones – the man who admits to killing three members of the UVA football team and wounding two other students as they returned from a field trip. Sandy Hausman was in the courtroom and filed this report. -
A clinical psychologist testified today that the man responsible for killing three members of the UVA football team and wounding two other students was not insane but did suffer serious mental illness. Sandy Hausman reports on what may have led to that tragedy three years ago. -
There was dramatic testimony today in the trial of Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr – the man who has admitted to killing three football players at the University of Virginia and wounding two other students. Sandy Hausman has that story. -
A judge in Charlottesville heard testimony Monday in the sentencing of Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr.— the man who’s admitted to killing three members of the UVA football team, wounding a fourth and another student. -
UVA’s interim president appeared before the faculty senate Friday to defend the agreement he signed with the Department of Justice. Professors and Democrats in Richmond had argued the federal government had no right to interfere with a state university’s academic freedom. -
Banks were once at the heart of many communities in Virginia, but with so much banking now done online, many have closed. In Roanoke and Charlottesville, renovations are underway, and developers are betting on the arts to bring new life to those elegant old banks.
