Lynchburg News and Advance | Headlines (2024)

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety said the "unscheduled march" ended without incident after South Dakota Highway Patrol officers asked the group, which didn't have a permit, to leave.

The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. (Scripps News)

A Charles City County sheriff's deputy died after he experienced a medical emergency as a result of a physical altercation with a person.

A 30-year-old man from Lynchburg has been charged with malicious wounding and breaking and entering among other charges after police arrived to find him actively attacking a woman with a knife.

The Academy Center of the Arts celebrated the 10th birthday of the Hill City Keys program, the interactive public art installation including eight painted pianos scattered among downtown.

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The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority is trying to get back on track to profitability and stability after a reckoning with declining liquor sales that hurt profit margins.

A Charles City County sheriff's deputy died after he experienced a medical emergency as a result of a physical altercation with a person.

Over the years ideas to combat the problem have ranged from busing and school district consolidation, to rezoning, open enrollment, increased funding, extended school years and expanded school choice.

A spokesman said the suspect struck one patrol car several times with the weapon. He then advanced toward officers. “At that time, two Roanoke police officers discharged their service weapon.”

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Almost five years since the shooting, Chris Hamilton Austin’s trial gets continued again because he has not yet been restored to mental competency.

A Lynchburg man will serve six years in prison after a Madison Heights tobacco shop was robbed at gunpoint in May 2023.

Former Del. Matt Fariss waived his preliminary hearing in Campbell Circuit Court on Tuesday morning on charges related to drug and firearm possession.

"The settlements approved today is just one small step on this terrible road that these families are on," Elliott Buckner, lawyer for Perry's family, told the press.

Lynchburg Public Library held a grand opening on Saturday for the new location of its downtown branch, with free coffee and donuts, raffles and storytime led by City Manager Wynter Benda.

Lynchburg City Council will hold two special meetings in June to interview 12 candidates seeking appointment to three positions on the Lynchburg City School Board, the City of Lynchburg announced Thursday.

Former President Donald Trump, facing a rematch with President Joe Biden in November, looms over the five-way Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Virginia on June 18.

The General Assembly will reconsider changes to a higher education benefit for families of military veterans either killed or almost completely disabled while on active duty.