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APPOMATTOX — Love is coming to Appomattox. A new sculpture is set to bring a compilation of the area’s tourism offerings to the center of town.

The Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office announced 11 individuals were indicted following a nearly yearlong investigation into the illegal distribution of narcotics and illegal drugs in the county Friday.

Today (Friday) is going to be one of the nicest springlike days we've had this year, with sunshine and high temperatures that may reach 70 degrees in many locations, at least the 60s almost everywhere. But a persistent winter still…

At least one person was displaced Friday morning from a Langview Apartments home after a kitchen fire.

Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire at 415 Wadsworth St. in Lynchburg.

Jessica McAuliffe, a dentist, asked a young patient to open her mouth like a dinosaur and say, “Ah,” so she could check for “sugar bugs.”

A Lynchburg man was killed Thursday in a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81 in Smyth County, police said.

State environmental regulators will accept help from citizen monitors now being trained to watch construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline for violations of erosion, sedimentation and stormwater laws, a state official said.

The Tim Kaine campaign kickoff tour continued Thursday with a stop at Central Virginia Community College, where the Democratic senator laid out his legislative priorities and fielded questions from constituents over topics that included economic issues, gun violence and banking…

The Lynchburg Fire Department sidelined a fire engine last week due to a staffing shortage, violating a recent department directive and prompting a public social media protest from the local firefighter union president.