Independent City | featured news

Multiple people were displaced Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in a townhome on Ashbourne Drive in Lynchburg.

Once-lost suspect profile points to a female killer

In what is considered the best barometer of nationwide education, Virginia public school students are above average.

A Lynchburg man was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after a fatal shooting Monday, police said.

It was a short night for Lynchburg City Council after only two speakers chose to address council about the proposed fiscal year 2019 budget that has been in development amid flat tax revenues during the past several months.

“If you are not taking the part of justice … then you are part of injustice.”

After 43 years of wandering the desert, as he describes it, Hylan Hubbard III finally came home to retire in Lynchburg.

Justice and forgiveness — those contradicting themes were at the heart of a convocation address to students at Liberty University by attorney and former Olympic gymnast Rachael Denhollander.

The Lynchburg Symposium made its way back to the Hill City after a five-year hiatus Monday to discuss economic development opportunities and future downtown growth and challenges as well as the Downtown 2040 Master Plan.

As Central Virginia’s economy continues its slow climb out of the pit left by the Great Recession a decade ago, Lynchburg’s City Council hopefuls are pitching ideas for how to improve the Hill City’s financial outlook.