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Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are key components of Appomattox Middle School’s new coding class, which is part of the school’s Discovery course series. These classes are designed to give students an idea for future career options, according to instructor…

RUSTBURG — A former corrections officer received a yearlong sentence Thursday after having been convicted of distributing drugs to prisoners.

This Saturday, visitors to Amazement Square in downtown Lynchburg will get a chance to celebrate the children’s museum’s 17th birthday, Lego style.

A Stuarts Draft man is facing 15 years to life in prison after pleading guilty in Nelson County to one count of racketeering and two felony drug charges in a case linked to a Mexican cartel that netted more than…

After more than a decade of discussion about how to alleviate traffic at the intersection of U.S. 501 and Lakeside Drive, the city of Lynchburg is taking a step down the long road of a major redesign of the crowded…

RUSTBURG — A 15-year-old pleaded guilty Thursday to breaking into a Campbell County gun store and stealing firearms last summer.

Nelson County native and celebrated country and gospel music artist Jimmy Fortune will be inducted into the Virginia Music Hall of Fame on Saturday at Nelson County High School.

Nella Gray Barkley, an author, public speaker, businesswoman and Sweet Briar College Class of 1955 graduate, will provide the keynote address at Sweet Briar’s 109th commencement May 12.

AMHERST – A Madison Heights woman pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted second-degree murder after a prosecutor said she ran over her husband with a minivan in an Amherst County parking lot.

A new breakfast, salad and sandwich shop will open in the town of Bedford in April.