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Chatham woman dies after Tuesday night crash; 5-year-old airlifted with life-threatening injuries

A Chatham woman died after a single-vehicle wreck Tuesday evening in Pittsylvania County, Virginia State Police report.

 

Man charged with city shooting that injured juvenile

A Lynchburg man has been arrested as a result of a Tuesday afternoon shooting that wounded a juvenile.

 

Lynchburg area begins restoration of damaged businesses, homes

Timberlake Road in Campbell County was back to its typical busy state Tuesday morning. But like other areas in Lynchburg and in Amherst County, scars from Sunday’s tornado are abundant amid recovery efforts.

 

City Council discusses additional funding available in FY 2019 budget

In the middle of a budget season filled with discussions of the looming possibility of budget cuts, a bright spot of financial news shone on Lynchburg City Council on Tuesday afternoon.

 

Wrapped in rain and difficult to see coming, tornado cuts 20-mile path through area

Mere hours before residents of Lynchburg and Campbell and Amherst counties sought shelter in their homes and basements Sunday evening, a storm system in Greensboro, North Carolina, was making its way north.

 

Amherst County officials take stock of impact of Elon tornado

By Tuesday night, the number of Amherst County homes identified as having tornado-related damage as a result of Sunday’s tornado had risen from 102 to 146, and crews had yet to finish assessing the damage.

 

Encampment celebrated new Bedford historic marker

BEDFORD — Sunday’s afternoon winds buffeted a few hoop skirts and rippled through flags at the historic Oakwood Plantation, where locals, history enthusiasts and costumed re-enactors gathered for the dedication of a historic highway marker honoring Confederate Brig. Gen. William…

 

Family sorts through debris of family home in Elon

AMHERST — When Sophia Johnson looks over at the remains of her father’s house in Elon, she remembers sitting on the porch with him just two hours before a tornado tore it apart Sunday night.

 

Cullop drops out of 5th District race

The other three Democrats vying to unseat incumbent Republican Rep. Tom Garrett — Leslie Cockburn, R.D. Huffstetler and Andrew Sneathern — remain in the race.

 

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