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Bedford County Administrator Carl Boggess announced Monday he is planning to retire at the end of 2018.

Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that freed state governments to legalize sports betting won’t have an immediate impact in Virginia, a non-casino state where gambling is limited to horse racing, the state lottery and charitable bingo games.

BEDFORD — The Bedford County Board of Supervisors on Monday directed county staff to move forward with a proposed $3.5 million plan to expand high-speed internet access to 98 percent of county residents.

Rather than teaching directly from the textbook, Jefferson Forest High School French teacher Lindsay Langett uses her passion for the language and culture as well as a partnership with a school in France to help bring French culture to reality…

Campbell County Assistant Superintendent Rob Arnold will become Amherst County Public Schools’ new superintendent this summer following a unanimous vote from the Amherst County School Board on Monday.

After checking to see if E.C. Glass High School senior Nathan Marraccini, who portrayed an opioid overdose victim during a naloxone training Sunday night, was responsive, Glass senior Eva Barauskas uncovered a small naloxone training box and stuck it into…

The Lynchburg area is on the southern edge of an area of the Mid-Atlantic at an "enhanced" risk of severe storms, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.

News & Advance Publisher Robert E. MacPherson is retiring on June 1 after a three-decade career in the newspaper business, and veteran newspaper executive Kelly Mirt will succeed him as publisher on that date.

All occupants of a double-wide mobile home in Appomattox County made it out safely after a fire early Monday, an official said.

Lynchburg’s newest little bakery is set to open later this month in a 1,200-square-foot shop on Jefferson Street.