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Select Bank plans to expand into the Boonsboro Shopping Center BB&T location after that branch closes in May.

For more than 40 years, visitors to the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park have walked among the ghosts of history over seven miles of trails through the park’s historic village and interpretive sites.

The search is on for Appomattox County Public Schools’ next superintendent. The school board finalized its wish list after a lengthy discussion in a Thursday night meeting and will have the job posted in the next few days.

AMHERST — While studying geometry in high school, Christine Darden fell in love with mathematics, which led to a groundbreaking career that included becoming the first black woman at NASA’s Langley Research Center to be promoted into the Senior Executive…

Campbell County law enforcement is asking for the public’s help in finding a 76-year-old man who went missing Wednesday.

Lynchburg’s Commonwealth’s Attorney Bethany Harrison has voluntarily recused herself from the investigation into the officer-involved shooting that left a Lynchburg man injured Saturday, citing a long-standing working relationship with one of the officers involved in the use of force.

Another president is coming to Liberty University.

The Virginia State Bar revoked a Lynchburg-based attorney’s license effective Feb. 16.

A Madison Heights man was displaced Wednesday after a fire broke out at his home, according to Amherst County Public Safety Director Gary Roakes.

A turn lane on Fort Avenue at the Family Dollar store near Langhorne Road is closed today to allow a contractor for the city’s department of water resources to work, according to a news release from the city of Lynchburg.