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Lynchburg native Lindsey Hinkley ends nursing career for full-time photography business
For the last five years, Lindsey Hinkley has lived a double life. → Read More
Machete fight lands Appomattox man in hospital
An Appomattox County man was taken to the hospital early Tuesday after authorities said he was injured in a fight that involved a baseball bat and a machete. → Read More
In the aftermath of the storm, Appomattox begins to pick up the peices
APPOMATTOX — John Harris had a front-seat view of the EF3 tornado that struck Appomattox County on Wednesday, killing one man — his 78-year-old uncle — and nearly leveling his community of Evergreen. → Read More
Tractor-trailer wreck blocks U.S. 29 North traffic
A jack-knifed tractor-trailer has traffic blocked on U.S. 29 North at Kemper Street in Lynchburg, police said. → Read More
Update: Roadways are treacherous
9:30 a.m. The second round of a low-pressure system that already dumped several inches of snow throughout the state is making its way to Lynchburg, carrying with it a batch of sleet and freezing rain. → Read More
Suspicious bacon covered in industrial solvent, deputies say
Amherst County authorities said Wednesday they received lab results revealing the contents of a suspicious bag of bacon found on an armed and masked trespasser last year. → Read More
Amherst County woman arrested after hammer attack
A Monroe woman is held without bond following an attack Sunday involving a claw hammer that authorities said sent her neighbor to the hospital. → Read More
Man faces murder charge in Campbell County homicide
Updated 11:07 a.m.: A Campbell County man is charged with second-degree murder after a fatal shooting Sunday night, authorities said. → Read More
House fire displaces Lynchburg couple
The Lynchburg Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of a fire that displaced a city couple from their home of 20 years on Thursday. → Read More
Officials: Rustburg cooking fire spread after dog locked resident out of house
Fire officials said a dog is to blame for a house fire that displaced a Rustburg family Wednesday. → Read More
Bedford teen reporting missing is located in Roanoke
A teenager missing since last week has been located, according to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office. → Read More
DEA investigating drug thefts at Lynchburg hospital
LYNCHBURG — Federal agents served a warrant at Lynchburg General Hospital’s pharmacy Wednesday morning, allowing them to inspect records of controlled drugs in an attempt to find stolen narcotics with a potential street value of $1.4 million. → Read More
FBI conducting DNA testing of missing Nelson teen's car
The FBI is conducting DNA tests to determine if the man charged in the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham was linked to Alexis Murphy’s murder last year, according to Angela Taylor, Murphy’s aunt. → Read More
Staunton River high, middle schools locked down following threat
Students at Staunton River High School are evacuating to the football field and Staunton River Middle School remains on a low-level lockdown after a threatening message was found on a wall at the high school, said Bedford County Public Schools spokesman Ryan Edwards. → Read More
Authorities exploring whether Hannah Graham case, Campbell Co. homicide linked
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the possibility that the man charged with abducting University of Virginia student Hannah Graham earlier this month was involved in the 2009 homicide of a Campbell County woman. → Read More
Child in Lynchburg day-care fire released from hospital
One of three children who was critically injured in a Sept. 19 house fire was released from the University of Virginia Hospital yesterday, said Lynchburg Fire Department Battalion Chief Jason Campbell. → Read More
Fatal fire at day care caused by cooking
The fire at an unlicensed day care that left one child dead and critcally injured two others was cooking-related and likely would not have been detectable by routine fire inspections, Lynchburg fire officials said. → Read More
Liberty University professor, alumnus killed in Afghanistan
A former assistant professor and alumnus of Liberty University was killed Tuesday in Kabul, Afghanistan. → Read More