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An independent candidate in the race for the 6th Congressional District bowed out over the weekend and threw his support behind a Democratic candidate.

When Lynchburg resident Najee Koncept took the stage to rap an original song at Heritage High School’s Culture Night, he had a message of unity.

Craigmont Drive will be closed to through traffic, between Ashbourne and Ardmore drives, from May 23 through June 13 for waterline and storm sewer construction, according to a news release from Lynchburg Water Resources.

Herman Jones has a gift.

E.C. Glass High School English teacher Aaron Reid didn’t realize how animated he could be while talking until he was giving a speech on his graduation day at the high school in 1994.

BEDFORD — A 0.5 percent increase in the town of Bedford’s meals tax will continue to provide economic incentives to local businesses, town officials said Monday.

Lynchburg’s new deputy city manager is a familiar face for the Hill City. Lynchburg City Manager Bonnie Svrcek appointed Reid Wodicka, a 2005 E.C. Glass High School graduate, as deputy city manager beginning June 13, according to a Monday news…

A Lynchburg man was sentenced Monday to three years and eight months in prison for assaulting and injuring a correctional officer while in custody of the Amherst Adult Detention Center in Madison Heights.

The National Weather Service in Blacksburg released a statement Monday afternoon confirming that am EF1 tornado touched down outside the town of Bedford at 9:36 p.m. Saturday.

Milling and paving operations will be conducted on Langhorne Road, from Fort Avenue to Park Avenue, and on Miller Park Square, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. May 23 through June 4, weather permitting, according to a news release from…