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As the members of Lynchburg’s oldest black fraternity marched through the Pierce Street Historic District on Saturday, it was hard for them to not reflect on the accomplishments of African-Americans who once called the neighborhood home.

A man was injured Saturday after his Jeep Wrangler overturned on Wards Ferry Road, police said.

In April 2016, Georgia Delbridge rode with her mother in a Campbell County ambulance from the Runk & Pratt Liberty Ridge Memory Care Center to Lynchburg General Hospital.

As Lynchburg Parks and Recreation prepares to close two of its neighborhood centers temporarily for renovations, there is a possibility one of them will have a new use when it reopens.

When Sidney Woodward learned about Lynchburg Drug Court after he violated his probation, he said he hadn’t previously considered any kind of drug addiction therapy.

The 200 block of Eighth Street, between Church and Main streets, will be closed from 1 to 10 p.m. Feb. 26 in order to rehabilitate a sanitary sewer line, according to a news release from the city of Lynchburg.

With the flu still causing some people to stay home, Lynchburg-area school divisions are seeing a decrease in the number of students and staff members calling in sick due to the flu.

The investigation into a fatal officer-involved shooting of a Lynchburg woman has moved to prosecutors in Virginia Beach for further review.

The use of electronic devices will be banned at the fourth and final 6th District GOP forum on Saturday. Event organizers declined to share the rules governing Saturday’s event, but a copy of the rules provided by candidate Kathryn Lewis…

Lynchburg is set to debut a new state-of-the-art mobile command unit next week, which city officials said will improve dramatically the way police and firefighters are able to coordinate during major disasters.