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Bill Tonkins’ workplace has one of the prettiest views in Central Virginia.

Last Thursday, visitors enjoying the warmer spring temperatures at Peaks View Park could hear grunts resonate across a field as grown men ran at each other before tossing an elongated object. But it wasn’t a recreation of a scene from…

About 85 people gathered for an Easter sunrise service on Sunday, sitting on the porch and lawn of the tavern at the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.

Dozens of Vietnam War veterans from across the Lynchburg area gathered at Heritage High School Saturday for a belated welcome home party.

As the current Lynchburg City Council stares down flat tax revenues and weighs cuts to public education funding in the upcoming fiscal year, the fate of the city’s school system also is on the minds of the seven candidates fighting…

In a March 6 Campbell County Board of Supervisors meeting, county Economic Development Director Mike Davidson told board members he was in conversation with a prospective business that would bring a $10 million capital investment to the county. But the…

A weeklong civil trial in Lynchburg resulted in a jury finding a Centra facility was not negligent in its care of a man who fell from a three-story window in 2013.

BROOKNEAL — Shouts of “I found one!” echoed through the basement of the Patrick Henry Memorial Library as children raced to find Easter eggs during an Easter Drop In event Friday, bringing life to the once-empty halls. The basement now…

The developer seeking to restore a former school on Phelps Road in Madison Heights into apartments recently met the first milestone in working to secure a historic designation, a necessary component of moving it forward.

Sourdough Pizza Company, a food truck that mainly has been serving local festivals and events, now is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday on Forest Road on the property of Aylor’s Farm & Garden.