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November 06, 2009
Investigators search for Amherst Co. man on gun, sex offender charges
Investigators say Donald Lee Peters Jr. is wanted on mulitple outstanding warrants
Accused flasher denied bond
Joel Michael Wooldridge is accused of breaking into two college dormitories and exposing himself to studentsNovember 05, 2009
Lynchburg National Guard unit called to duty for Iraq
1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Brigade Combat Team will leave for Iraq in January
Lynchburg man finishes Obama assassination plot movie
Filmmaker Chris Townsend says he made Obama assassination movie to tell a compelling story and not to get attentionLynchburg City Council members weigh future without Garrett
Faced with a vacancy among its ranks, council is empowered by the city charter to select an interim replacement in advance of the next electionWhat does Republican sweep mean for Perriello, 5th District in 2010?
Political pundits looking beyond the state’s GOP sweep warn that Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District is on shaky ground in 2010 because the district’s constituents are unhappy with national policiesPoll mix-up showed Lynchburg City Manager as non-city resident
Kimball Payne said, “I got to meet a lot of people because it took me half an hour to vote”Judge has harsh words for man sentenced in Ponzi scheme
"What you do is almost worse than killing people," U.S. District Court Judge Norman Moon saidCentral Virginia Community College break ground on new culinary arts building
The community college estimates the facility will cost $2.4 millionNovember 04, 2009
Liberty University students learn their votes count
LU students may have helped win the 23rd House of Delegates race for Republican Scott Garrett, Democrat Shannon Valentine was winnning until their votes were countedShannon Valentine concedes
Valentine said she will not seek a recountLynchburg election workers began canvass of votes
Representatives for both incumbent Shannon Valentine and City Council member Scott Garrett were present for the canvass, which is expected to take all dayGun surrender event Thursday Nov. 5
Churches United for Service, the Lynchburg Police Department and the Lynchburg Police Foundation are holding a com-munity celebration on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 5 to 8 p.m.November 03, 2009
Garrett upsets Valentine in House 23rd District in close vote
Valentine is not conceding the race, after losing by 203 votesJefferson Forest high school band members to perform at All-American Bowl
Jefferson Forest seniors Michael Kerr and Dylan Barber selected from one thousand applicants for U.S. Army All-American Marching BandNovember 02, 2009
Jury awards $9 million in Campbell County landfill lawsuit
The Royals, who own the 160-acre Twin Oaks park near Yellow Branch, sued the county in 2005 and 2006 after testing in 2002 showed chemicals were leaking from the landfill into their drinking water.First National Bank drops ‘Altavista’ from name
The three teal-shaded mountain peaks are still there against a stark white backgroundLiberty University hoping for strong voter turnout on Tuesday
With as many as 3,200 Liberty University students eligible to vote in Tuesday’s election, the school has turned into a battleground for local politicsLocal flu fears prompt changes at the voting booth
The change voters may notice most, in some localities, will be voting on touch screens without actually touching them with their fingersGrease fire damages Lynchburg home’s kitchen
A house in Lynchburg suffered heavy damage to its kitchen when a grease fire broke out.October 30, 2009
Man charged in indecent exposure at Virginia Tech, same suspect in Lynchburg cases
Virginia Tech Police say Joel Wooldridge exposed himself at West Ambler Johnston Hall
Scarecrows in Altavista
Downtown Altavista is playing host to nearly three dozen straw-stuffed strangersRepublicans rally in Lynchburg
Between 150 and 200 people turned out in early-morning drizzle to hear Bob McDonnell, and the other Republicans running for statewide office
Judge says Lynchburg detective not deprived of First Amendment rights
A federal judge threw out a $500,000 free speech complaint against the city Thursday after concluding it failed to meet the necessary legal standard for such cases.October 29, 2009
Judge dismisses Lynchburg police detective’s lawsuit
Detective John Romano claimed he was harassed and intimidated after publicly criticizing the city manager during a City Council meeting earlier this yearFirst hearing in lawsuit against Lynchburg, expected today
A $500,000 free-speech lawsuit against the city is expected to have its first hearing in federal court this morning.Lynchburg’s Vice Mayor won’t run for council again
Vice Mayor Bert Dodson, currently the longest-serving member on Lynchburg City Council, announced Wednesday he does not plan to seek another term in office.October 28, 2009
