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Tears and cheers filled Nelson County High School’s auditorium Saturday night as hometown hero Jimmy Fortune gave his fifth consecutive concert to raise money for his alma mater’s music program.

For the 14th year in a row, Randolph College played host to Science Day, an afternoon filled with hands-on demonstrations and activities from nearly every conceivable discipline for budding young scientists.

In the midst of multiple criminal investigations, the Lynchburg Police Department is operating without a fully staffed community policing team, a unit city leaders say is an invaluable tool in battling crime.

The Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office is hoping to reduce crashes on county roads with a new traffic safety program starting April 1.

ROANOKE - A lot has changed in this hilly railroad town since the early 1990s, when Bob Goodlatte was the go-to guy if you were an immigrant who needed help in western Virginia.

It began with a simple mistake the morning of March 24, 1934.

In response to mounting public health concerns rooted in substance abuse and addiction, a new collaborative effort in the Lynchburg community is seeking out a choir of volunteer “Angels” to help direct people with substance abuse issues to services they…

Three lawsuits brought against Liberty University were voluntarily dismissed this week, but attorneys for the school and the plaintiffs aren’t discussing details of how the cases were resolved.

Lynda Woodruff’s commitment to the civil rights movement was almost military in its totality. She was drafted, in a sense, and spent four years in service to that cause. In the process, she knowingly exchanged the bright possibility of happy…

A new seafood and steak food truck will open Monday in Altavista.