Lynchburg News

A physician in the Lynchburg area has been named the president of the Medical Society of Virginia for the second year in a row.

A Meals on Wheels program for Amherst and Nelson counties is seeking clients who could use a hot meal, as well as volunteers to help deliver them.

Failure to yield and failure to use headlights after dark caused a two-car crash on U.S. 460 in Thomas Terrace on Sunday that sent three adults and a child to the hospital, police said.

Police are looking for a suspect after two men were both shot in the leg outside a Lynchburg apartment building overnight.

This time of year starts many people thinking, "Where do I donate Christmas Gifts?" Places to drop off donated Christmas gifts include churches, organizations and stores.

A new passenger train between Lynchburg and Washington D.C. has faced praise and criticism since its launch last month.

Police need help locating a purse snatcher in Lynchburg. It happened around 9:40 p.m. on October 29th at the Shakers Restaurant on Candlers Mountain Road.

A Lynchburg judge has denied bond for a man accused of flashing joggers and college students in our area.

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.