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A candlelight vigil honoring Lisa Henderson, a 22-year-old Appomattox woman who recently was found dead, is scheduled for April 14.

A Heritage High School senior charged in the shooting death of a city man earlier this week was denied bond Thursday.

MADISON HEIGHTS — A daily traveler on Woodys Lake Road, Amherst County resident Ronnie Adams said he believes a $7.8 million project to reconstruct about a mile-long stretch of the roadway in Madison Heights is much needed and worth the…

BEDFORD — Bedford County residents will see their tax rates remain the same in the upcoming fiscal year after the board of supervisors voted to keep tax rates flat for the third straight year in a meeting this week.

Traffic into the village of Concord is on track to get a little bit slower. This week, the Virginia Department of Transportation began an eight-month project to construct a roundabout at the intersection of Village Highway and Spring Mill Road.

Traffic on Euclid Avenue will be restricted to one lane weekdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 16 through 24, weather permitting, for milling and paving, according to a news release from the city of Lynchburg. Flagging personnel will…

Runk & Pratt Companies announced Wednesday it has purchased the Kirkley Hotel on Candlers Mountain Road from GDG Lynchburg Hotel LLC for $13,700,000, according to Lynchburg’s Geographic Information System.

A junior at Blacksburg High School is the winner of a state contest that challenged students to create a license plate design to emphasize the danger of distracted driving.

LEXINGTON — Using the Natural Bridge as a highway bridge does not pose a threat to the people who drive across the top of the 215-foot-tall limestone arch, a geological study has concluded.

A proposed hike on the Pittsylvania County real estate tax coupled with recent appraisals could prove to be a double whammy when it comes time to pay the tax man.