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A Chatham woman died after a single-vehicle wreck Tuesday evening in Pittsylvania County, Virginia State Police report.

A Lynchburg man has been arrested as a result of a Tuesday afternoon shooting that wounded a juvenile.

Timberlake Road in Campbell County was back to its typical busy state Tuesday morning. But like other areas in Lynchburg and in Amherst County, scars from Sunday’s tornado are abundant amid recovery efforts.

In the middle of a budget season filled with discussions of the looming possibility of budget cuts, a bright spot of financial news shone on Lynchburg City Council on Tuesday afternoon.

Mere hours before residents of Lynchburg and Campbell and Amherst counties sought shelter in their homes and basements Sunday evening, a storm system in Greensboro, North Carolina, was making its way north.

The warnings were short.

By Tuesday night, the number of Amherst County homes identified as having tornado-related damage as a result of Sunday’s tornado had risen from 102 to 146, and crews had yet to finish assessing the damage.

BEDFORD — Sunday’s afternoon winds buffeted a few hoop skirts and rippled through flags at the historic Oakwood Plantation, where locals, history enthusiasts and costumed re-enactors gathered for the dedication of a historic highway marker honoring Confederate Brig. Gen. William…

AMHERST — When Sophia Johnson looks over at the remains of her father’s house in Elon, she remembers sitting on the porch with him just two hours before a tornado tore it apart Sunday night.

The other three Democrats vying to unseat incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Garrett — Leslie Cockburn, R.D. Huffstetler and Andrew Sneathern — remain in the race.