Independent City, Lynchburg | featured news

A city man has been charged with attempted murder following police response to a domestic assault.

A Nelson County man was arrested last Tuesday on multiple counts of grand larceny in Amherst County.

In the wake of the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre last month that left 17 dead and 15 injured, the nation has erupted over proposals to arm teachers.

Get your loose objects inside and make sure you have extra flashlights, batteries and blankets (especially if you already know you are in a location that often loses power during strong winds).

As Amherst County officials consider a possible requirement that potential candidates for the county’s Economic Development Authority must live in the county, the authority is lobbying for the county to consider at-large appointments for all seven seats.

A Thaxton woman was displaced Thursday after a fire broke out at her Rocky Ford Road home off U.S. 460.

An Evington-based bus company is expanding into the Richmond area.

Title IX claims against Liberty University were voluntarily dropped Tuesday, but defamation charges remain in individual lawsuits brought by three former football players who left the school in 2016.

Lynchburg-based nuclear-services firm BWX Technologies reported this week a fourth-quarter loss of $15.5 million, or 16 cents per share, compared to a profit of $34 million, or 34 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2016.

AMHERST — The search for Amherst County Public Schools’ next superintendent has yielded more than 650 online responses and feedback from 75 face-to-face interviews during a recent three-day period, a consultant assisting schools officials in the upcoming hire said Wednesday.