Lovingston News

Among the final issues resolved during the General Assembly's overtime struggle on the state budget were judgeships, about 40 of which were filled last week.

Democrats today nominated a retired Air Force brigadier general to challenge freshman Republican Rep.

Traffic safety was a major concern at last Tuesday's Nelson County's Board of Supervisors' meeting.

Sam Eggleston, a lawyer from Lovingston, will become a General District Court judge in the 24th Judicial District, which includes Lynchburg and the counties of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell and Nelson.

Two more traffic-related deaths Thursday evening and Friday add to the grim toll of fatalities over the past two weeks on Lynchburg-area roads.

Troopers say the crash took place in Lovingston around 1:18 p.m., at the intersection of Route 29 and Business 29.

At least one person was killed in a crash Friday afternoon on Route 29 in Nelson County, according to Nelson County Life.