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Milling and paving operations to affect Monroe, Polk, Garland streets

Traffic will be restricted to one lane on portions of Monroe, Polk and Garland streets from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through April 25 for milling and paving operations.

 

Amherst County High to raise money for tornado victims at Friday's baseball game against Brookville

Brookville baseball coach Chris Glaize has received numerous offers from residents and baseball teams this week, as the Campbell County school tried to pick up the pieces from Sunday’s EF3 tornado.

 

Area athletes assist with tornado cleanup

Heritage running back Kyron Thomas tweeted a photo this week of fellow players and students, lined up for the camera. They had been helping clear debris from Sunday’s EF3 tornado.

 

BWXT agrees to buy medical isotope business

BWX Technologies, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to acquire Sotera Health’s Nordion medical isotope business.

 

Amherst County students, staff help with tornado clean-up efforts in Elon area

Within minutes Sunday night, 16-year-old Landon Childress and his family lost their house at the corner of Deerfield Drive to the tornado that rampaged through the Elon area of Amherst County, Lynchburg and Campbell County.

 

Camp Sacajawea, 'well-loved' part of the community, suffers damage from storm

As area residents continue to clean up from Sunday’s tornado, one longstanding “beloved place” off of Fox Hill Road in Bedford County is seeking help from the community.

 

"Packed courtroom" of support for Heritage student charged with murder

When 18-year-old Rodney O’Shawn Spinner II appeared in Lynchburg Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon seeking bond, he had about 50 people at his back anticipating the judge’s decision.

 

Anger over pipelines spills into General Assembly

Intensifying public anger over the pending construction of two massive natural gas pipelines through Virginia boiled over into the General Assembly Wednesday, when more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers asked Gov. Ralph Northam for more oversight of stream crossings and…

 

Family helping with Elon cleanup displaced after house catches fire

A family of six was displaced Wednesday after a fire broke out at their home in Madison Heights.

 

Some Lynchburg-area power outages likely will last beyond today, APCo says

While Appalachian Power expects to have power restored by midnight tonight to most customers affected by Sunday's tornado, some may have to wait longer.

 

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