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Every Tuesday, Gabrielle Gerling sets up a computer in her kitchen and hits record.

A fire heavily damaged a home on the 400 block of Kentmoor Farm Road in Amherst County early Monday, according to county officials.

Flooding from heavy rains caused a propane leak at Cooper Steel in Monroe that caused residents in homes within a half-mile radius to evacuate during a six-hour period from Saturday evening to early Sunday, Director of Public Safety Sam Bryant…

Henrico County-based Genworth Financial Inc. cleared an important hurdle in its long-delayed plan to be acquired by a China-based financial firm.

Property transfers for Lynchburg and the surrounding counties, plus building permits for Lynchburg.

Kaitlyn Cole spoke softly to Zahnia as her husband groomed the Arabian mare, spraying her with fly repellent and gently brushing her while their 4-month-old daughter Corinth supervised from the baby carrier on Kaitlyn’s chest.

Although Evington resident Mike Smith was celebrating his 48th birthday in March, he received a card for a 1-year-old, a cupcake with a candle on it and a box wrapped in baby-themed wrapping paper.

Beer and kids: two words that traditionally don’t go together — until recently.

A Big Island woman died after a two-vehicle crash Saturday in Bedford County, police said.

Between the years of 1936 and 1956, Mary Ellen Gallaher and her family made a quarter-of-a-mile trek up the hill on Coffee Road to Mount Carmel United Methodist Church every Sunday.