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.

Modern office buildings obscure church spires that dominated the downtown skyline, yet Lynchburg remains true to its nickname, “The City of Churches.“

Today is Charles Bennett’s last day with the Lynchburg Police Department

Woman airlifted to hospital; dies after car crash

William Holland attacked by four pit bulls in January, similar to his own pit bull named Prince

Richmond man killed in Appomattox Co. crash

The Amherst County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office says Kaylie Silby faces a reckless driving charge, in connection with the death of Omarion Rose.

Instead of going to Iraq, Chief Charles Bennett says the State Department has asked him to go to Pakistan first.

Gaming consoles and other equipment used in a program created by the Salvation Army to help inner city children were stolen Monday night

With a financial squeeze affecting economies at all levels, Lynchburg’s city manager proposed a budget Tuesday that includes no new employees or programs, minimum raises, and reserve funds tapped to pay for major projects.

After several cuts and additions, Bedford County officials have a balanced budget for the next fiscal year that does not propose a raise in taxes

Wednesday morning armed gunmen will swarm what used to be Lynchburg Christian Academy, taking students and staff hostage. But don’t worry - it’s just a drill. And police want to make sure everyone in the area understands that.

A cashier at a Madison Heights pharmacy who reported being robbed was actually the thief himself, police said

Talk about jet lag. When Lynchburg astronaut Leland Melvin got back from a 13-day mission on the space shuttle Atlantis last month, he said it took him awhile to adjust to life back on Earth.

A Lynchburg man will serve one year in prison for buying child pornography on the Internet

A stolen car hits a home during a police chase.

Posters go up at the Lynchburg Humane Society for the Fix for 5, a $5.00 spay and neuter program, just for pit bulls.

Christina Marsh stacks pancakes inside a house made of Aunt Jemima packaging.  It’s edible art, with a message. 

Campbell County deputies tell 10 On Your Side, 65-year-old Larr Bingham of Lynchburg was driving this morning on Rt. 460 when he stopped his car near the Leesville exit and got out.

The board of the Greater Lynchburg Transit Company, which provides all LU bus service, approved an application that sought $316,102 in state aid.

The citywide talks, aimed at improving race relations, have drawn a little more than 500 participants and more than 100 volunteer facilitators. That’s the most ever seen by Everyday Democracy, a Connecticut-based group that’s worked on similar efforts with hundreds of communities across the country.

Tuesday night’s temperature and weather proved just the right combination for Sweet Briar College’s Spotted Salamander population to do their thing.

Both schools have beem cleaned.  According to a statement released by the school division, both students are being treated at home with antibiotics.

Paul Clay-Rooks doesn’t describe himself as a feminist or activist, or even particularly that involved.

But the 29-year-old seminary graduate is taking a week to walk about 200 miles from Lynchburg to Washington in protest of the rapes and abuse that women continue to endure in the African country of Congo

Major Parks Snead has been appointed to fill in until a replacement for Chief Charles Bennett is hired.

The private college had resided on Rivermont Avenue, in the former Jones Memorial Library building, for about 11 years before it was put up for sale last year.

The citywide talks, aimed at improving race relations, have drawn a little more than 500 participants and more than 100 volunteer facilitators. That’s the most ever seen by Everyday Democracy, a Connecticut-based group that’s worked on similar efforts with hundreds of communities across the country.

The gun “used and found” at the scene of a Forest woman’s murder was registered to her estranged husband, according to a search warrant filed by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.  The warrant, filed in Bedford County Circuit Court, sought permission to search the Smith Mountain Lake home of Wesley Earnest, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the December death of Jocelyn Earnest at her Forest home.

Stolen were an NYU class ring, made of yellow gold with a purple stone; a Swiss Army watch, a two-thirds carat ladies engagement ring, made of white gold with diamonds and sapphires; and an amethyst stone weighing about five pounds