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Hardee’s will open soon in the former Zaxby’s building in Forest mid-July.

RUSTBURG — Two elementary school students suffered minor injuries after a vehicle collided with a school bus in Campbell County on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

APPOMATTOX — Four people found guilty of robbing an Appomattox home while armed and then leading law enforcement on a car chase in June each will serve more than a decade in prison.

Tuesday’s Lynchburg City Council at-large election only brought 12.21 percent of registered voters out to the polls, continuing the recent trend of declining turnout in the city’s local races.

A public information meeting will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. May 9 at Amherst County’s administration building to discuss several alternatives for safety improvements at the intersection of U.S. 29 and Virginia 151.

A Lynchburg woman was displaced after a blaze engulfed the front of her home Tuesday night.

Two new faces are set to join Appomattox Town Council come July 1. Write-in candidates Jonathan Garrett and James Boyce will replace current council members Lewis McDearmon and Erin Finch, who chose not to run for re-election. Their terms end…

Motorists should expect minor delays on Memorial Avenue, between Lakeside Drive and Langhorne Road, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. May 6 through 10 due to milling and paving work, according to a news release from the city.

Campbell County supervisors delayed approval on zoning ordinance updates related to the installation of solar energy facilities in a meeting this week.

ALTAVISTA -- Two people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle, head-on collision Wednesday morning.