The first Caterpillar Clubhouse family-owned day-care center opened in Rustburg barely over a year ago.  Since then, Shelly Hunt, along with her sister-in-law and mother, have opened three more centers in the Lynchburg area, serving more than 300 children.

Astronaut and Lynchburg native Leland Melvin, facing, receives a hug from Lynchburg mayor, Joan Foster, on Monday morning as Melvin visited Heritage High School, the same school that he graduated from in 1982.

The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office arrests a teenager, accused of stabbing a Hill City Company cab driver.

A 17-year-old boy accused of assaulting his grandmother, stealing her car and crashing it into a mobile home was arrested Saturday night on multiple felony charges and a misdemeanor, according to the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office.

A woman led Lynchburg police on an hour-long chase through the city, as well as Bedford and Campbell counties, Friday afternoon, according to police.

The Blue Ridge Parkway’s future, including the role of visitor centers in the Lynchburg region, could be changed under plans for management methods designed partly because of public comments.

Hundreds of people come out Saturday morning to raise awareness about organ donation.

It took hours of cutting, grinding, and welding. The result is a Virginia Tech Memorial Bike, created at Milwaukee Iron in Lynchburg. It will go to auction in Las Vegas. All the money raised will be donated to the Hokie Memorial Fund. 

City Council hopeful David Johnston is embroiled in what building inspectors say is their longest-running case of code violations in a house still being lived in.

Three-hour search has happy ending

Kimberly Lynn Wingfield, 20, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, felony child neglect, failing to properly restrain a child, not wearing a seat belt, underage possession of alcohol and no driver’s license in possession.

CVCC alumnus and IT staffer Thomas Turner will appear at the College’s Barnes and Noble Book Store to sign his recently published anthology of poetry and prose entitled, “What are Words For?”, and his previously issued novel, “Blood on the Badge”. The event will take place on Monday, April 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Crash in Lynchburg sends motorcyclist to UVA Medical Center

Neighbors save woman’s life and try to save her home in a fire

1,200 pairs of shoes sat on the lawn of E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg.  That’s the number of people an anti-smoking group says die from smoking every day. It’s a reminder to teenagers about just how dangerous it can be.

The “Weekly Grand” scratcher that Cary Simonton redeemed Monday won him $1,000 per week for 10 years.

A Troutville man is in jail after police said he impersonated an officer and asked Wards Road businesses for security camera tapes Monday night.

Two men broke into a McCausland Ridge apartment and robbed its occupant around 10 p.m. Monday, police said.

Police arrested a man they say impersonated an officer and asked Wards Road businesses for security camera tapes Monday night, saying he was investigating a bank robbery.

A landmark Tchaikovsky symphony and three of the Russian composer’s most popular pieces for cello and orchestra highlight the Lynchburg Symphony’s final concert of its 2007-2008 season.

Rising star cellist Zuill Bailey will perform a rarely heard recital of selections from J.S. Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, two days before his appearance with the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra

A Madison Heights man pleaded guilty Monday to possession of more than 150 pornographic images of children.

Several Bedford County residents were indicted on drug charges last month.

The Supreme Court of Virginia soon will hear arguments for the appeal of two cases challenging the former Randolph-Macon Woman’s College’s decision to adopt co-education.

At 100, the oldest concrete bridge in Lynchburg is showing it’s age.  Chunks are falling off, exposing steel support beams. 

Taxidermist Dale Carson sews a tanned deer leather together while mounting a deer head in his workshop at Carson’s Taxidermy in Madison Heights on Thursday. Bedford County saw a record high in deer kills this past season and tops the list in the state. 

Although apprehensive to author a book about her late husband, Jerry Falwell, Macel Falwell always knew that the book had to be published.

Police know the identity of a man who died after he was struck by a car Saturday night on U.S. 460 in Campbell County.

The guest speaker will be NASA employee John Emond, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer. He will address how local companies may work with the FLC.

Heather Lyn Bush, 27, had initially been charged with felony second-degree murder, but the charge was reduced to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea agreement. Bush also pleaded guilty Friday to felony eluding police.