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On Monday, the Virginia Craft Brewers Guild announced the winners of its annual awards ceremony highlighting the state's best brews.

CHATHAM — Hands waved and cheers rang out as Chatham High School’s varsity baseball team rode through Main Street on Thursday evening escorted by police and fire trucks with sirens blaring.

Local activists are holding an anti-violence rally in Miller Park on Saturday. The rally is scheduled to last 12 hours and will begin at 8 a.m.

A city man previously accused of shooting a woman in the legs was cleared of all charges Thursday.

Two black bear cubs are in an unexpected new temporary home after an Amherst County man shot their mother Tuesday in an attempt to scare her away from his birdfeeder.

From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. June 12, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will hold a design public hearing to discuss a $3.2 million improvement project on U.S. 460 Business (Timberlake Road) at Virginia 622 (Waterlick Road) in Campbell…

The Virginia Department of Health, the Lynchburg Health Department and city of Lynchburg Department of Water Resources have jointly issued a boil water notice for residents near Lynchburg’s Riverside Drive.

AMHERST — To help Amherst County middle school and high-school students understand different Virginia laws and aspects of a law enforcement officer’s job, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office is hosting Crime Scene Investigation camp.

Significant Greater Lynchburg Transit Company route changes are proposed for the Wards Road area and in other parts of the city to address unmet needs identified during a study conducted last fall.

BEDFORD — Wilbur Spangler, 98, recalled Wednesday exactly what he was doing 74 years ago on June 6, 1944.