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The United States is currently in a “tornado drought.”

After months of discussion and a three-and-a-half hour final work session Tuesday, Lynchburg City Council has balanced its budget for the upcoming fiscal year with no new taxes, no cuts to citizen services and “level funding” for Lynchburg City Schools.

The Lynchburg City School Board approved two capital improvement projects at Tuesday night’s meeting.

A pilot shortage is expected to worsen in the coming years as airlines struggle to meet growing travel demands on a global scale, and while that’s bad news for companies trying to fill cockpits, it’s a good time to be…

A logging truck overturned on Mentow Drive in Bedford County on Tuesday, spilling logs and briefly blocking traffic.

A Madison Heights woman is wanted on charges in connection with the death of her 1-month-old son, the Amherst County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Tuesday afternoon.

With every person in a community having a different definition of health and everyone requiring different resources to fulfill their health needs, Centra Health, the Centra Foundation and the Community Access Network have teamed up with local partners to initiate…

Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday Central Virginia Manufacturing will expand its operations in Bedford County, creating nine new jobs.

A former Lynchburg Fire Department deputy chief was sentenced to a year and six months behind bars Tuesday after he was convicted of embezzling more than $70,000 in unauthorized purchases from a city-issued credit card and a nonprofit organization.

About a dozen guests were evacuated from a Madison Heights hotel early Tuesday morning after a fire.