Police say the officers responded to a call for shots fired at a home in the town.  When they got there, the officers found Michael Long armed with a shotgun.

Bowling with Nintendo Wii…it’s popular past-time, but could it also be therapeutic for people with arthritis?  That’s what a group of researchers at Longwood University hope to find out.

The former Randolph-Macon Woman’s College’s class of 2008 honored its single-sex roots at commencement Sunday while congratulating the 148 women that comprised its final all-female class.

Saturday was the first time that television star Chuck Norris ever addressed a college graduation, but Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. said it wouldn’t be his last.

The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office tells us the two men took the telephone from the Quizno’s on Forest Road along with an undisclosed amount of cash, after one of the suspects pointed a gun at two employees.

The Lynchburg convenience store clerk shot last month was discharged from Lynchburg General Hospital on Thursday, according to a hospital spokesperson.

Police in Lynchburg arrest a man for stabbing another man in the chest in the parking lot of a local restaurant.

Justin Baumgardner was found shot to death on Sunday in Amherst County.

A worker for Thomas Builders apparently fell about 10 feet, from the first level of the house being built into the concrete basement, authorities said.

Richard Goad, 49, of Dobson, N.C., was working on the electrical wiring of a sign at Brookneal’s Jiffy Store when he was shocked, Campbell County Inv. Tony Bates said.

State Police say seven students are also hurt.

Campbell County officials are discussing whether to stop maintaining the Altavista armory for community use.  The armory is state-owned, needs about $500,000 in repairs and costs the county about $40,000 per year to operate, county administrator David Laurrell said.

Aleth Harrison Mays Jr., the most recent victim in a rash of area traffic fatalities, died Tuesday night due to circumstances that could have been avoided, according to Virginia State Police.

The charges stem from an incident that began last June when authorities say 48-year-old Stanley Deloach held sexually explicit online exchanges with an investigator posing as a teen girl.

Weyerhaeuser is selling its containerboard packaging and recycling business to International Paper in a $6 billion deal.  Part of that deal includes a Lynchburg plant on Mayflower Drive.

As the sun started to set over Richmond on Tuesday, law enforcement officers from across the state gathered at the steps of the State Capitol. They came together to honor three of their own who died in the line of duty, and they came to support the parents and loved ones of these three men.

A Lynchburg man accused of robbing the Academy Café earlier this year pleaded guilty to the charges Tuesday.

Speed and alcohol were both factors in a crash that killed an Amherst County man Tuesday night, according to Virginia State Police.

Investigators charged Timothy Wright Jr. with shooting and killing 19-year-old Justin Baumgardner this past weekend

Two of the boys now face charges of disorderly conduct according to the Bedford Co. Sheriff’s Office

Democrat Mark Warner’s centrist theme in his statewide tour for the U.S. Senate got enthusiastic support today in Lynchburg from Republican Preston Bryant, who represented the city for 10 years in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Prosecutors have said Wesley Earnest murdered his wife after a protracted divorce and financial struggles. They cite his fingerprints on a purported suicide note as a key piece of evidence.

Volunteers for both sides of the Ward III contest braved the early morning chill to show some last-minute support for their candidate.

Three fake American Express Travelers Checks were written for $500 each

Edward Lee Cox, 37, entered guilty pleas in Lynchburg Circuit Court to charges of robbery and abduction in the Jan. 11 incident, said Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Doucette.

Five of the six male suspects are juveniles. Those teens are expected to appear in court next week where prosecuting attorney Charles Felmlee has filed notice of his plans to charge them as adults.

Police say a large part of a tree broke off last Friday, and hit Jordan Kicklighter in teh head

Police have charged a Lynchburg man in connection with the fire that destroyed the Fort Avenue bridge last month.

A Rustburg teenager was indicted Monday on charges of forcible sodomy in separate incidents with two girls last year.

Bedford Police say North Bridge Street between Bedford Avenue and Peaks Street will be closed Tuesday. Lee Street at North Bridge Street will also be closed.