Lynchburg News

After a disappointing loss in last year's national "Bark for Your Park" contest, Lynchburg dog park supporters rallied, raising $40,000 - enough to get the park started.

Charges have not yet been filed in Timberlake Road crash that fatally wounded a Lynchburg man more than a week ago.

An Evington man and retired engineer designed and built a wind turbine on his property three years ago but took it down several months ago after learning it had zoning hurdles to overcome.

The rate for the Lynchburg metropolitan statistical area last month was 6.1 percent.

Vietnam veteran George Murphy hugs his wife Doris after Murphy received a Purple Heart from Congressman Bob Goodlatte on Tuesday for injuries he received in battle in 1967.

I agree with 1992ms I had him as an assistant principal at Heritage High School in Lynchburg,VA which is only 15 minutes from where the murder took place and I could not fathom him doing such a thing ever.

E.C. Glass Hilltoppers track and field standout Erica Jackson had her signing ceremony Tuesday.

Le'Anie Hall tests the size of the soap box derby car he will be racing as students and volunteers finish assembling the car at Jubilee Family Center in Lynchburg, Va., May 23, 2012.

Virginia State Police say a truck driver has died after his tanker truck overturned and leaked diesel fuel onto U.S. Route 460 in Bedford County.

About 50 Bedford County homes were evacuated Monday night and a section of U.S. 460 shut down after a tanker carrying as much as 9,000 gallons of fuel wrecked on the highway east of Montvale, officials said.

Many Americans are surely planning to hit the road and visit some historical places on Memorial Day.

Lynchburg, Va. - The FLW Tour's all time leading money winner, David Dudley, wrapped up his second consecutive top three finish on the FLW Tour this past weekend on the Potomac River.

On the final exam for an American religion class I taught this spring, I asked my Boston University students to offer Mitt Romney some unsolicited advice on how to talk to the American public about his Mormon faith.

May 26, 2012 -- Five community members were honored Wednesday at the 45th annual Humanitarian Awards dinner of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, Lynchburg Chapter.

May 26, 2012 -- A company that has been in Lynchburg for almost 130 years will close its doors soon.

Former President Bill Clinton showed no interest in dispelling his bawdy image Wednesday, when he posed for a quick picture with pornography starlets at a star-studded gala in Monaco.

Parts of Wards Ferry Road in Lynchburg will be shut down starting on June 11th due to construction and won't reopen until mid-August. Thursday, residents had the chance to weigh in on the project and offer suggestions.

Standing together in front of the class, fourth-grader Jaynell Jennings told her assigned partner exactly what she thought of him.

One of Bedford County's most popular residential neighborhoods plans to add a retail shopping center fronting U.S. 221 in Forest.

Rebekah Cohen , age 14 of Buchanan, was at her orthodontist appointment chatting with the dental technician who was adjusting her braces.