Lynchburg News

The short-term future of the City Council seat currently held by Scott Garrett will rest in the hands of his fellow City Council members.

About 400 members of a Lynchburg-based Virginia National Guard battalion are being mobilized for a security mission in Iraq.

Voting may go a little faster Tuesday because electronic poll books will be used to check voters into the polls.

Between 150 and 200 people turned out in early-morning drizzle today for a Republican Party rally on Wards Road featuring gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell and the rest of the party's ticket in Tuesday's election.

A house in Lynchburg suffered heavy damage to its kitchen when a grease fire broke out at about 12:15 p.m. Sunday, according to the Lynchburg Fire Department.

Vice Mayor Bert Dodson, currently the longest-serving member on Lynchburg City Council, announced Wednesday he does not plan to seek another term in office.

LYNCHBURG Two Richmond-area developers are working to pull one of Lynchburg's oldest commercial buildings back from the brink of demolition.

The ramp from Route 501 South to Route 460 East in the City of Lynchburg will be closed on Saturday, October 24, weather permitting.

A man died and three children were injured in a car crash on U.S. 60 in Nelson County late Sunday night.

A Lynchburg woman was found dead in her home on Campbell Avenue after a fire broke out in her living room Monday morning.

Seventy-five quilted items will be up for auction November 7th with the proceeds benefiting the Centra Hospice House.

If you're still trying to get in the mood for Halloween, how about a ghost story? The Lynchburg Historical Foundation has dug up some haunted tales from the city's past.

A man accused of exposing himself to female joggers and students was arrested Wednesday.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and several members of his cabinet got their flu shots today during a clinic at Linkhorne Middle School in Lynchburg.

As the number of H1N1 cases rise in our state, Governor Tim Kaine brought the battle against the virus to Lynchburg.

Students in the Lynchburg area will soon be able to receive the "Swine Flu" vaccine, free of charge.

Lynchburg, VA - Breast cancer navigators help women through their treatment of breast cancer.

The first time I stepped into a stadium seating movie theater was in 2002. It was the summer between my sophomore and junior years of college, and I was doing an internship in New York City.

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office says one of its deputies shot and killed a dog, while making a drug arrest.

Story time took on a new meaning for kids in Lynchburg Thursday. Mayor Joan Foster was one of several city leaders who read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" at Randolph College Preschool.