Lynchburg College officials plan to spend $2.5 million on 40 renovation projects large and small around campus this summer

A Halifax County man was found dead early Sunday morning in the Staunton River four miles north of Brookneal. 

A 10 On Your Side traffic alert. 

According to Lynchburg Police, Sylvester Anthony, 58, was found stabbed several times in his chest and stomach area after police responded to an emergency call from the 1600 block of 15th Street at 10:33 p.m. 

The final draft of the master plan was unveiled Thursday during a public workshop. 

Lynchburg’s Academy of Music closed in 1958, with more than a century of history locked up inside.  But Thursday morning that all changed.  A ground breaking will turn the lights back on at Lynchburg’s historic theater. 

FDC Enterprises Grasslands Services markets a prairie grass mix for grazing, cutting hay or even for biofuels. The few farmers who are planting it in Campbell and Appomattox counties will be using it to feed animals, FDC president Fred Circle said.

APCO says around 1,000 customers are without electricity, and power spikes are causing power to go on and off throughout the area

Sheriff Mike Brown issued a release Wednesday afternoon in response to a video that surfaced where O’Neal used racial slurs while performing a rap song dedicated to his former teammate Kobe Bryant. The statement said his affiliation with the sheriff’s office and the task force is now over.

The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services presented Mayor Joan Foster with Lynchburg’s recertification as a Certified Crime Prevention Community. Lynchburg has held that status since 2002.

Bedford County Schools Superintendent James Blevins sent apology letters to parents Tuesday. 

A wreck between a bicycle and a sedan sent a Lynchburg man to the hospital

At least two teens accused of participating in the robbery and shooting of a gas station clerk in April came away with blood-soaked money, according to court testimony

The Lynchburg area is getting more exposure from a mobile Internet technology that allows users to surf the Web essentially anywhere they get a cell phone signal

He’ll travel 7,000 miles in just 13 days. Guenther Hofen is halfway through his cross country trip, making a stop in Lynchburg.

Church near Smith Mountain Lake planning to get bigger

Police say a man was walking on Lynchburg’s Blackwater Creek Trail when another man asked him for help with his bike, pulled a gun and demanded his wallet.

Senate hopeful Jim Gilmore brought his campaign to Lynchburg Monday afternoon.

Less than 24 hours after a young man drowned in the James River, we found people jumping off the same bridge, and not for the first time.

The event will mark Jim Gilmore’s first visit to our area, since he began his statewide U.S. Senate campaign kick-off tour.

Randolph College, Sweet Briar College, Liberty University, and Central Virginia Community College are all looking at additional ways to be green.

Mack Wayne Pannell, entered an Alford plea in March in the June 2007 stabbing death of Herman Kelly Sr.

To ensure enhanced service to citizens, the Campbell County Board of Supervisors, at their June 16 meeting, approved extending the hours of operation for the Landfill Center (Livestock Road, across from Foster Fuels on Route 29) effective July 1, 2008. 

Police charged Bernard Wood with three counts of breaking and entering and two counts of grand larceny

Lynchburg Police believe Kionne Pulley shot a Campbell Avenue Citgo clerk in the head

Fuel spill simulator and fuselage travel to local airport for FAA training requirement

State Police say a Toyota Corolla drifted across the center line, and hit a tractor trailer

A WiMAX system is an emerging wireless Internet technology that offers better security and signal range than WiFi

Lynchburg City School Board members confronted a powerful dilemma Tuesday when they asked: How tough is too tough when it comes to middle school athletes and academic standards? 

Home builder Jay Coulson of Coulson Builders Inc. waters the grass outside a newly completed single-family home in the Cornerstone development on Tuesday.