Lynchburg City Schools put its faith in a new program for at-risk student athletes last year when it pledged money and support.

Vehicle decals had their day in Bedford, City Manager Charles Kolakowski said, but their place as a taxation and enforcement tool appears headed for a final stop in Central Virginia on Tuesday.

Lynchburg City Council will take up the issue of Daniel’s Hill bus service when it meets on Tuesday.

When news of Lynda Woodruff’s marriage first reached E.C. Glass High, it was just assumed by some that her betrothed was Owen Cardwell Jr.

A 61-year-old Virginia Beach man died Sunday morning when his motorcycle crossed over a median on U.S. 460 and hit another vehicle, Virginia State Police said.

Due to mechanical problems, there is a significant delay in the delivery of Sunday’s The News & Advance. 

Residents along Smith Mountain Lake and the Staunton River are waging war over water.

Perspiration stood on Sam Rasoul’s face as he hurriedly shook hands on an August morning with people at a nuclear-energy seminar at Central Virginia Community College.

About halfway between Long Island and Brookneal, massive swells of granite form a boulder garden in the middle of the Staunton River.

The man injured Friday night in a domestic-related incident was stabbed, according to Lynchburg Police.

Patricia Wild has never forgotten the first day she saw Owen Cardwell Jr.

The second installment of “Ward Talk,” the first action idea to come out of Lynchburg’s Community Dialogue on Race and Racism, didn’t see the turnout organizers expected, but it still produced relevant discussion, though not specifically centered on race.

Lynchburg City Schools’ officials know there is room for improvement in a new set of graduation-rate statistics released Wednesday, and say the new data will help zero in on students needing extra help.

MADISON HEIGHTS — After meeting with representatives of the Department of Justice, members of Families and Friends of Central Virginia Training Center residents are a little more at ease about an investigation set for mid-November.

Three people were critically injured in an early morning fire that destroyed their Graham Street house Saturday.

A Madison Heights wreck late Friday night sent six people to the hospital, at least two with serious injuries, according to Virginia State Police.

One man was taken to the hospital, and one person arrested after police responded to a malicious wounding on Park Avenue on Friday evening.

After smashing a previous state record last year with his 1,318-pound pumpkin, William Layton was aiming to reach a new goal of 1,500 pounds.

A former Lynchburg resident tied to an international child pornography operation pleaded guilty to federal charges here Friday morning.

A grant will give the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office the money it needs to install computers in all its patrol and investigation vehicles.

Former Appomattox High School principal Greg Wheeler, who was suddenly removed from his post this week, starts a new job Monday as a teacher at Appomattox Middle School.

The Lynchburg Museum is scooping up accolades for the extensive renovation and redesign it debuted early this year.

The voter-registration phenomenon keeps rolling this weekend in Lynchburg.

The week’s picks from the photographers of The News & Advance

Amherst County Sheriff Jimmy Ayers is recovering from heart surgery today.

What would you ask the candidates for president? Or, in this case, the 10 Central Virginians vying to be ‘President of Us.’

Amherst Middle School is closed this morning after a basement flooded, which knocked out power, according to the school district and the sheriff’s office.

HARRISONBURG — Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-6th District, stuck to his conservative guns during a debate Thursday, calling for energy independence and an end to wasteful government spending. 

The Virginia State Bar has suspended a Lynchburg lawyer’s license to practice for a month because he did not follow accounting rules.

Amherst County Sheriff Jimmy Ayers has been hospitalized for chest pains, according to county officials.