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Several state and local organizations are coming together for a conference March 6 to educate older adults on how to avoid being scammed or financially exploited.

Transportation Security Administration officials showed off new security checkpoint procedures at Lynchburg Regional Airport Wednesday.

The UVa Health System said that an unauthorized party outside the university may have had access to the medical records of nearly 2,000 patients over a period of 17 months in 2015 and 2016.

As of May 11, the Boonsboro Road BB&T located behind the Starbucks will close. David R. White, vice president of corporate communications for the bank said the branch located at 4925 Boonsboro Road does not expect any layoffs as a…

CROZET, Va. (AP) — Witnesses to a collision between a train carrying Republican congressmen and a garbage truck in rural Virginia have told investigators the truck entered the railroad crossing after safety gates came down.

A Lynchburg man serving time for a drunken-driving crash that led to a woman’s death faces additional jail time for assaulting correctional officers at the Amherst Adult Detention Center.

The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died.

APPOMATTOX — Thousands of rural residents in Appomattox County could have access to high-speed internet services within the next several years if the board of supervisors agrees to a funding request from Central Virginia Electric Cooperative.

During a joint meeting of the Campbell County Board of Supervisors and Campbell County School Board, a supervisor revived the possibilities of closing William Campbell Combined School and consolidating schools.

Donna Wynn has not had a serious fall, and she wants to do everything she can to keep it that way.