Lynchburg News and Advance | Headlines (2024)

A Rockbridge County man led law enforcement on a pursuit in Bedford that led to his shooting was sentenced June 18 to 20 years in prison.

Jane Baber White’s influence on the city of Lynchburg began in a garden and blossomed into a legacy of community building.

Marvin Grimm wins his freedom because of advanced DNA testing and questions about the police investigation

CONCORD — On 22 acres right off U.S. 460 are 300 donkeys along with geese, chickens, dogs, goats, cows, pigs and emu. And a few farm cats.

Amherst County’s proposed fiscal year 2024-25 budget includes funding for 15.5 new positions, 13 in public safety and 2 ½ in social services, and a grant for financing seven school resource officer positions.

A jury on Friday convicted a Lynchburg man of unlawful wounding and three firearm-related charges in connection with an October 2021 shooting that severely injured a man.

A Rockbridge County man led law enforcement on a pursuit in Bedford that led to his shooting was sentenced June 18 to 20 years in prison.

Jane Baber White’s influence on the city of Lynchburg began in a garden and blossomed into a legacy of community building.

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The Board of Education is doing away with the state’s current model and is poised to replace it with a system that will rank each school in four performance categories.

The agent allegedly forged a superior's signature on a document authorizing a $2,500 payment to the confidential informant.

Conservative Virginia Congressman Bob Good is asking for patience as he hopes the final ballot count from Tuesday’s primary will allow him to fend off a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Good chairs the hard-right House Freedom Caucus. He trailed state Sen. John McGuire by a little more than 300 votes Thursday afternoon. Elections officials across the state's 5th Congressional District are finalizing their vote counts and mail-in ballots continue to trickle in. The Associated Press has not yet called the race for either candidate. If Good loses, he would be the first House incumbent this year to lose a primary in a district not affected by redistricting.

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A jury on Friday convicted a Lynchburg man of unlawful wounding and three firearm-related charges in connection with an October 2021 shooting that severely injured a man.

A Rockbridge County man led law enforcement on a pursuit in Bedford that led to his shooting was sentenced June 18 to 20 years in prison.

BEDFORD — A Roanoke man convicted of second-degree murder in a New Year’s Day shooting outside a Moneta restaurant that killed a Huddleston resident was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.

A Madison Heights man was arrested Wednesday night in connection with gunshots fired at an apartment complex on Greenfield Drive in Lynchburg, police said Thursday.

Conservative Virginia Congressman Bob Good is asking for patience as he hopes the final ballot count from Tuesday’s primary will allow him to fend off a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Good chairs the hard-right House Freedom Caucus. He trailed state Sen. John McGuire by a little more than 300 votes Thursday afternoon. Elections officials across the state's 5th Congressional District are finalizing their vote counts and mail-in ballots continue to trickle in. The Associated Press has not yet called the race for either candidate. If Good loses, he would be the first House incumbent this year to lose a primary in a district not affected by redistricting.

Lynchburg election officials plan to finish counting the votes in the Ward IV Republican primary for City Council by Monday, when all provisional ballots in the election will be examined and the election will be certified.

The Lynchburg City School Board has three seats up for grabs as the city council will make a decision next week who will serve on the board going into next school year.

Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, proposes a work group to study the program and recommend potential changes by mid-September. Military families had urged lawmakers to repeal eligibility changes immediately.