God’s Pit Crew is loading their trucks with tools and supplies, preparing to head for Laport, Texas to deliver relief supplies to those effected by Hurricane Ike

Bill Dingman will represent Virginia’s Sixth District at the tenth annual “Angels in Adoption” banquet

Police say the crash happened early Tuesday morning near the intersection of Link Road and Hurdle Hill Road

The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office will join Virginia Law Enforcement as part of the National Click It or Ticket Mobilization during the month of September

Carter, 83, of Lynch Station, did not seek re-election to the Altavista district seat last year after serving as a supervisor for 28 years

With three key witnesses missing, the case against an illegal immigrant charged in Lynchburg’s first homicide of the year wrapped up with a last-minute plea agreement

Many volunteers at the shelter set up in the Appomattox County High School cafeteria were county employees, said recreation and tourism director Anne Dixon. But many others were community members who heard about the crisis and just showed up to offer help.

Williams Gas Co. representatives will hold a second meeting with residents at 7:00 p.m. tonight at Appomattox County High School’s auditorium

Williams Gas Pipeline plans to meet with the community about what their investigation has found.  Electricity being restored in the area.

Students were evacuated from the building and are in the process of being sent home. Parents can pick students up from the LaHaye Student Center.

An early morning gas pipeline explosion destroys at least two homes and injures at least five people in Appomattox.

Students in our area are encouraged to register to vote at local colleges.

A Lynchburg man who stabbed and almost killed another man last summer is sentenced to 24 years in prison.

Two more defendants plead guilty Friday to the robbery and shooting of a Citgo clerk in April.

Two accidents in Bedford Co. Thursday call on MedFlight III helicopter for help.

Bedford Co. Schools Superintendent James Blevins announces his retirement after 10 years in the school system.

The scammers try to convince store owners that their credit card terminals need software updates, and then reprogram the terminals to funnel money from credit card purchases into someone else’s bank account

Alphonso Lamont Destin, 21, and Renauldo Sinclair Oliver, 23, are charged with murder in the slaying of 69-year-old Wilbur West at his Leewood Road home

The 18-year-old accused of holding convenience store clerks at bay with a sawed-off shotgun in two incidents, including the April robbery and shooting of a Citgo clerk, pleaded guilty Monday

Accident scene now clear

A Saturday morning fire displaced a Lynchburg family, severely damaged their house and killed several pet gerbils

New voters have been registering at a brisk pace that’s going to get faster as the Oct. 6 registration deadline nears, Central Virginia registrars say

Alcohol was a factor in a wreck that sent two Bedford County women to the hospital Saturday night, according to state police.

A Lynchburg elementary and middle school will share a $200,000 grant to assist in meeting federal and state standards.

Boat crashes and other incidents on Smith Mountain Lake may be at the lowest numbers since 2003.

A Saturday morning fire severely damages a Lynchburg family’s home and kills several pet gerbils.

The hometown hero, who wore his signature blue fight suit that fit in among all the blue and orange, got students and staff psyched for the football game against their cross-town rival.

The Community Dialogue on Race and Racism is gearing up to resume work, with the first meeting of a new series of “action groups” scheduled for Saturday morning

Tracie Doss Baker received a five-year suspended sentence with two years of supervised probation from Lynchburg Circuit Court Judge Leyburn Mosby on Friday on an embezzlement charge. She also was ordered to pay more than $10,000 in restitution.

Obama organizers may get to see their recent Lynchburg bill paid without having to tap their campaign war chest.