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An early morning wreck caused a fire that destroyed a tractor-trailer in the south lanes of U.S. 29 on Friday.

The Bedford County School Board on Thursday approved the school system’s 2018-19 fiscal year budget, which includes $2.1 million in pay increases for school employees.

A Huddleston couple was displaced and their pet dog was killed after a fire tore through their home on Amos Bridge Road on Thursday, authorities said.

CHATHAM — Friends and co-workers of Chad Michael Atchison recalled him as an energetic young Pittsylvania County prosecutor with a mischievous sense of humor and a bright future ahead of him.

With Miss Virginia moving to Lynchburg this month, organizers expect $1 million to come with it.

AMHERST — For the first time, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office awarded a Purple Heart, Medal of Valor and Distinguished Service Medal on Thursday to two deputies involved in a shooting last fall that resulted in the wounding of a…

AMHERST — The town of Amherst is on track to start forming its first recreational park on seven acres near Amherst County High School following unanimous approval from town council Wednesday.

R.S. Payne Elementary School’s one-week summer theater camp is a bittersweet experience for some of the school’s sixth-graders as they head off to different middle schools come fall.

The latest restaurant venture on Fort Avenue is set to open next week.

A Lynchburg man injured in a June 1 crash that killed a Rustburg woman succumbed to his injuries and died Monday, according to an obituary.