Drivers who travel the Lynchburg Expressway near Candlers Mountain Road are about to see major changes. The Virginia Department of Transportation is launching a multi-year rebuild project to fix the tight merges and short ramps that have made the stretch of highway one of the area’s most congested — and most dangerous.

LYNCHBURG, Va. Authorities are searching for the man they believe stabbed someone in Lynchburg Thursday morning. At 11:17 a.m., officers responded to the 1900 block of Easley Avenue just off the Lynchburg Expressway after someone was stabbed. The victim was taken to Lynchburg General Hospital for treatment. Officers identified the suspect as 47-year-old Steve Earnest Wade Jr., of Lynchburg, and charged him with one count of malicious wounding. Wade is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds.

FOREST, Va. One person is in the hospital after a serious crash in Forest on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to Forest Road, about a mile west of Lynchburg Expressway for a crash involving a car and a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle was taken to a hospital to be treated for serious injuries, according to the Forest Fire Department.