Amherst County investigators are looking for someone they say broke a window at the Carter Bank and Trust building early Wednesday morning

Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. announced the news this morning amidst thousands of cheering students at the school’s convocation service.

At least 60 mulch or brushfires in Lynchburg have been sparked so far this year by improperly discarded cigarettes. 

All veterans of the Vietnam War and their families are invited to a cookout at American Legion Post 16 on Greenview Drive in Lynchburg Sunday from noon to 3 p.m. 

In her too-short 17 years of life, Jenna Grace King attended Randolph College for only a brief time. But during that period, she impacted a great number of people. A first-year student from Barhamsville, which is near Williamsburg, Jenna died last Thursday from injuries sustained in a car accident.

The Lynchburg Regional Airport is like the rare teenager that asks for a smaller allowance. The airport has become increasingly self-sufficient over the past six years, using less money from Lynchburg city’s general fund each year.

Maurice Millner joins members of the American Legion in Lynchburg, on the way to another funeral for a local veteran on Tuesday. They attend about 200 every year.
“They’re going real fast.  We get a lot of Vietnam veterans’ funerals now too,” said Millner.

Officers tell us they used a bloodhound to track the man from one arson scene, to the man’s home.

Russell Tyree covers a fresh load of mulch in the bed of his trailer. He plans to put it down around his house. “It’s just really for the appearance, the aesthetics,” he said.  But the mulch can also be a fire hazard.  Flames tore through six apartments in a Lynchburg apartment building on Saturday.  Deputy Fire Marshal David Jackson says the cause was likely a cigarette butt thrown in mulch.

Jenna Grace King, 17, of Barhamsville, was driving in the area of Beulaville, N.C., when she was struck by another vehicle

What started as a small brush fire Saturday afternoon quickly turned into trouble for a Lynchburg apartment complex, displacing six families

Peter Adeniji-Bello was extradited from New York this week on an array of charges.

The film “Supersize Me Too” brought National attention to filmmakers Chris Townsend and Chris Acorn.  Their latest collaboration will move from fast food to faith.

The teen told police that he was walking in the 2100 block of Florida Avenue when he heard several gunshots and ran. He later discovered he had been shot. 

Developers say laws should only apply to stores of certain sizes

Goode Rescue Squad responds to mock crash at Jefferson Forest High School to show dangers of drinking and driving

When February’s forest fires blew across Central Virginia, the National Guard stepped in to help.
“It was good to know that I was there for my community, and my soldiers were there to accomplish what the community’s needs were at the time,” said Lt. Aaron Wallace, a member of Lynchburg’s National Guard Unit. 

E.C. Glass principal Susan Morrison has walked the high school’s halls as an authority figure for more than a decade.  This spring, the Lynchburg native and the city schools’ first woman high school principal will retire. 

Leland Melvin speaks at convocation service next month

His sneakers say “keep going” across the top. Paul Clay-Rooks saw the message every time he looked down, while walking 220 miles in 8 days, from Lynchburg to Washington D.C.

The use of tasers could be keeping officers safer on the job

“I had no idea how important he was to so many people,” said Peggy Saunders.  Her son, Campbell County Deputy Jason Saunders, died April 3rd of last year, during a police chase.

Deputies say the Quik-E Food Store on Waterlick Road was robbed of an undisclosed amount of money at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday

Two summers ago, Liberty University student Kurt Collins rummaged through the basement of his parents’ Maryland home and found a toy that would later gain him semi-fame on his college campus

A new hazardous chemical detection system uses a laser to sniff out and quickly identify hazardous chemicals, sending an early warning that hopefully could save lives.

Khalid Abdul Trotman, 25, of Belle Terre Drive, died Saturday in Halifax County.

Garden to honor Campbell County Deputy Jason Saunders

Local Middle School student moves on to national spelling bee in Washington

Bedford County VDOT to see more than 40 percent cut in funds

A local man was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday for his role in a beating last year that left another city man brain damaged.