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CHATHAM — Pittsylvania County fire and EMS members said they were relieved at a chance to give their input on a proposed ordinance to beef up response rates in the 978-square mile county at a Wednesday evening fire and rescue…

Two days after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant rode through Lynchburg.

An iconic Rivermont Avenue building formerly used for the private, all-girls Seven Hills School and later as dorms for Virginia School of the Arts potentially could be renovated into about 20 apartments.

Two Lynchburg men were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in what prosecutors called a “completely unprovoked attack” on a man in August that landed their co-defendant in the hospital.

The Nelson County Board of Supervisors is considering levying a 5 percent admissions tax on the growing number of spectator events in the county.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 28, the Virginia State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host a statewide drug take-back event to collect unwanted prescription drugs, helping prevent drug abuse and theft. The service is free…

Traffic will be restricted to one lane on Hollins and Taylor streets between Hollins and Garland streets from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily April 12 through 18 to accommodate milling and paving.

Arnett Thompson directed New Covenant Schools senior Mitchell Smith where to plant gold pansies and pink petunias in the garden in front of Rush Homes’ Armstrong Place apartments, one of the organizations where students volunteered for the school’s fifth annual…

Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the death of an Appomattox woman whose body was found Tuesday after she went missing for five days.

Since Jan. 1, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office inmate workforce has collected more than 25,000 pounds of trash along area roads, Sheriff E.W. Viar said.