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A leading figure in the intentional fight to abolish nuclear weapons urged more than 730 graduates of Lynchburg College to continue the effort for global peace during the school’s 115th commencement exercise Saturday.

Gov. Ralph Northam has appointed former Lynchburg Deputy City Manager Charles Hartgrove as the next chief deputy commissioner of the Virginia Department of Taxation, according to a Friday news release.

Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine has received initial accreditation from the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation after operating under a provisional status since 2013, when the medical school was established.

After years of only being able to fly from Lynchburg to Charlotte, North Carolina, airline passengers in the Hill City might have another option beginning later this year.

A Lynchburg man was sentenced to a year and three months behind bars Friday for his role in a May 2016 break-in of an Amherst County residence.

Eleven Lynchburg residents, including two incumbents, each are seeking appointment to one of three available spots on the Lynchburg City School Board.

Nearly 1,000 freshly minted graduates took the next step into their individual futures Thursday night at the 50th commencement exercise for Central Virginia Community College.

With recent state approval of a family drug court docket, service providers in Bedford County soon will be offering a new method to help families suffering because of drug addiction.

The Nelson County Public Schools Superintendent Jeff Comer announced the Teacher of the Year at the school board’s meeting Thursday night.

Appomattox County School Board announced Annette Bennett as the division’s new superintendent at Thursday night's board meeting. According to the division's website she is the Director of Curriculum and Instruction.