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Kroger on Thursday debuted its online-ordering service ClickList at its Boonsboro store.

His book, “Chasing Space,” was published last May, and it chronicles his journey from Pierce Street in Lynchburg to the cosmos.

CHATHAM — Pittsylvania County has to either hire out its landfill to take on the trash of other localities or continue losing money, concludes a consulting and design firm tasked with determining the operation’s financial woes.

Gun control, health care, education, poverty and economic development were the main topics during a forum Wednesday night in Danville for the four Democrat challengers for U.S. Rep. Tom Garrett’s 5th District congressional seat.

Nearly a year after it was filed, the last part of a lawsuit brought by former Flames football player Cameron Jackson against Liberty University was resolved Tuesday in Lynchburg District Court.

A Maryland man was acquitted of sex crimes against a child in Lynchburg on Wednesday after a two-day bench trial.

Bedford County Public Schools Superintendent Doug Schuch was named the 2017-18 regional superintendent of the year by the Virginia Association of School Superintendents this week.

A staffing shortage at the Lynchburg Police Department has left the city without 30 sworn officers, threatening the department’s ability to respond quickly to 911 calls.

As Lynchburg City Schools Interim Superintendent Larry Massie prepares to step down in the coming weeks, he has a few recommendations for the division, including taking a serious look at the capital improvement plan and considering consolidating some of the…

Heritage High School students might hear more buzz around the school as a club tries to raise money for beehives and an observatory beehive, a box with at least one transparent glass wall that lets people see what bees are…