Lynchburg cab companies now have permission to add a $1 surcharge to all fares to offset rising fuel costs.

A total of 57 applicants applied for the job.

The final votes cast granted LU permission to expand to 15,000 students and accepted a master plan that outlines new school buildings and recreational facilities.  Council also rezoned 134 acres along the base of Candlers Mountain to allow for future construction.

Crossroads Colonnade delayed until the nation’s economy rebounds

Officers arrested Timothy Alan Beverly back in April, after a property manager was injured removing one of his campaign signs from private property

Organizers still looking for a new investor

The student goes to Leesville Road Elementary School

With the exception of January, gas thefts are up more than 60 percent over last year. In April, the reports rose from six in 2007 to 14 this year.

One man is dead after a car accident Saturday night in Campbell County.

Beginning at 6:00 a.m., on Sunday, June 8, work will begin to change the traffic pattern on Route 221 in Bedford County in Forest.  The one lane of traffic that currently is open in each direction will be shifted from existing Route 221 onto newly constructed roadway.  Once shifted, traffic will remain reduced to one lane in each direction

Gov. Tim Kaine says AREVA NP Inc. will expand its U.S. headquarters

The Virginia Supreme Court made the ruling this morning

The money will fund scholarships for potentially hundreds of students, said Stan Shoun, vice president of workforce development at CVCC.

Internet at the click of a mouse.  Something you may take for granted.  But for rural businesses like Mills Heating and Air near Appomattox, is a luxury. 

The accident is near Templeton’s Market near the Lynchburg City and Campbell County line

A fire Wednesday morning reduced a Shipman home to “powder,” authorities said.

Robert Charles Gleason Jr., 38, pleaded guilty in late April to the first-degree murder of Michael Kent Jamerson and to the use of a gun in commission of a felony.

Liberty University says the old movie theater in The Plaza on Memorial Avenue will not be sold because the potential buyer had loan issues

The Lynchburg area’s college population is likely to increase again this fall as several local schools anticipate to be near or even over capacity.

Just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, workers at Westover Dairy in Lynchburg called 911. Ammonia was leaking in the plant.  Firefighters and Hazmat crews were there in three minutes.

Roads back open, and people in the area can resume outdoor activities

The stolen payroll check was forged and passed at the Justis Convenience Store at 1205 12th St. on April 28

Harold Emmanuele Harris, 22, was found dead behind the College Hill Recreation Center at 811 Jackson Street on May 19th

A ribbon cutting officially opened the doors of the Alan B. Pearson Regional Cancer Center on Tuesday.  It is a $25 million project.

Lynchburg police need your help finding two men who robbed a store and shot at its owner.

Slowed housing market affecting a Bedford County builder

Investigators hope the results of forensic testing will provide them with insight

The windfall, which adds up to nearly $377,000, has some wondering if the city can now afford to revisit previously bypassed initiatives, such as the hiring of new police officers.

The comfort word in business circles recently has been “insulated,” meaning that certain sectors are not experiencing the economic slowdown that is reflected in job losses and fewer factory orders.  One of those insulated sectors is aircraft maintenance, says Bob Howell of Virginia Aviation in Lynchburg.

Claudia van Koba was born with both a gift and a curse. She has spent the rest of her life finding ways for the two to coexist.