LOVINGSTON — After four hours of deliberation, a jury on Tuesday returned 18 guilty verdicts against a former Nelson County emergency services coordinator and ex-county sheriff’s deputy in a sexual assault case involving a minor.
This time of year, it’s hard for me to get anything done.
In April of 2004, Almost Home Pet Adoption Center had its grand opening now in April of 2024, they are celebrating their 20th anniversary of being open.
At a campaign event in Amherst County Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Bob Good, R-5th District, described his intra-Republican party battle with a state legislator challenging his allegiance to former President Donald Trump as “the highest-profile primary race in the country.”
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) made a stop in Lynchburg on Monday to talk with voters at La Vida Coffee and Market, between visits to Roanoke and Farmville.
Last week, April 12, St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus had a great turnout for their third Ukraine Benefit.
Monday marked 50 years to the day since U.S. District Court Norman K. Moon of Lynchburg began serving as a judge.
Liberty University announced Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, as the keynote speaker for the college’s commencement ceremony on May 10.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to much fanfare signed Senate Bill 436 in Lynchburg on Wednesday, legislation aimed at strengthening workforce development, making credentials more accessible and helping young people achieve apprenticeships earlier.
Lynchburg-area residents witnessed a rare treat Monday as a solar eclipse drew eyes to the sky. Although cloudy conditions may have hindered the view, it didn't stop families at Timbrook Library and other places around the region from gazing into the sky to see the astronomical event.
Tony Dungy told Liberty University students Friday morning that questions like “what are you going to do, what field are you gonna go into, who are you going to work for,” aren’t the questions to focus on.
"That was amazing to me that baseball was such a big part of the Lynchburg society. That's what we do here at the museum. We let people know we share their history."
April will bring strawberries, asparagus and greens so it’s time to get to a local farmers market.
Three Republican state legislators who represent much of the Lynchburg area addressed a range of bills in the recent Virginia General Assembly session and efforts to work with Democrats who slim majorities in both chambers during a March 28 breakfast event in Bedford.
A former Virginia House of Delegates representative from Campbell County received bond Thursday morning after his arrest over the weekend.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., stopped in at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital Wednesday to meet with local law enforcement and first responders, area school superintendents, medical professionals and nonprofit leaders for a conversation about the opioid and fentanyl epidemic.
“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
A Nelson County grand jury indicted a Maryland man Tuesday on aggravated murder of a law enforcement officer in connection with the June 2023 killing of a Wintergreen police officer.
Early this month, a neighbor ran his power mower over his non-existent grass. AAAGGGHHH!
Huffman started working at the library as the branch manager in 2014 almost at her ten year mark, Huffman announces her retirement.
Former Del. Matt Fariss, who represented Virginia’s 59th House district for a 12-year stint and left office in January after losing a re-election bid for a redistricted seat, was arrested Sunday on three pending charges in Campbell County and booked into the Amherst County Adult Detention Ce…
If you hate the sight of English ivy strangling oak trees or fire blight ruining apple trees, you are not alone.
Mornings are again filled with birdsong.
The House of Delegates and the state Senate have adjourned the 60-day legislative session. Here is a look at where key issues stand.
Let the rematch begin, voters in Lynchburg and surrounding counties decided at the ballot box during Super Tuesday.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin vows to fight for $2 billion arena project, calling its exclusion from the proposed budget a "colossal mistake."
The former representative of the 59th District in the Virginia House of Delegates was found not guilty of felony hit and run and malicious wounding Tuesday afternoon.
When I was a cub reporter in my 20s, earning next to nothing, I still scraped $25 together here and there to donate to environmental organizations and local food banks.
Liberty University faces a $14 million fine from the U.S. Department of Education as part of a settlement agreement with the university for “material and ongoing violations” of the Clery Act relating to its published crime statistics and treatment of sexual assault survivors, according to a …
Three days before Super Tuesday, former President Donald Trump made his pitch for Virginia votes on Saturday by telling a Richmond crowd that “we’re a nation in decline," where illegal immigration is a “a gushing wound.”
The Nelson County Board of Supervisors discussed allocating $610,000 towards the school budget.
Wintergreen Fire & Rescue has a Class A burn building, to be used for local firefighter training.
In Virginia over the past three days, protests at Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Mary Washington were busted up by police.
Many in Amherst County are mourning the recent death of Samuel Preston Massie Sr., a lifelong county resident well known in the business community.
Mom’s Market will be held on May 5 at Hazy Mountain Vineyard and Brewery to help promote and raise money for Forward Foundation, an organization that helps support single parent families.
Gladstone Community Day was on April 27 at Gladstone Volunteer Fire and rescue.
Blue Mountain Brewery in Nelson County received two Silver awards at the 2024 World Beer Cup competition awards ceremony on April 24 in Las Vegas.
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Tinkerbell is a unique young Tabico with an audacious attitude. She is outgoing, spirited, and would add extreme spice to her person’s life! She is too big a personality to be stuck in a cage or defined as having calico disposition. She likes to play hard and is no shrinking violet. Tinkerbe…
As Gov. Glenn Youngkin backs law enforcement officers who broke up protest encampments on Virginia college campuses, a number of Virginia Democrats assert that officers have gone too far.
This weekend there will be five different markets going on in Nelson, each with different themes and items, perfect for "market hopping."
April will bring strawberries, asparagus and greens so it’s time to get to a local farmers market.
Three Republican state legislators who represent much of the Lynchburg area addressed a range of bills in the recent Virginia General Assembly session and efforts to work with Democrats who slim majorities in both chambers during a March 28 breakfast event in Bedford.
A former Virginia House of Delegates representative from Campbell County received bond Thursday morning after his arrest over the weekend.
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., stopped in at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital Wednesday to meet with local law enforcement and first responders, area school superintendents, medical professionals and nonprofit leaders for a conversation about the opioid and fentanyl epidemic.
“The proposed legalization of retail marijuana in the Commonwealth endangers Virginians’ health and safety," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said.
A Nelson County grand jury indicted a Maryland man Tuesday on aggravated murder of a law enforcement officer in connection with the June 2023 killing of a Wintergreen police officer.