November 20, 2009

Lynchburg named one of top 11 Southern retirement hotspots

Reitrement Lifestyles magazine will feature its top 11 in its upcoming issue

November 19, 2009

Investigators try to figure cause of Lynchburg College fire

Athletic and outdoor equipment were damaged from the fire that destroyed a storage building on the Lynchburg College campus.

Rail Heritage Region announced

Roanoke, Lynchburg and Clifton Forge are the major points. Effort to get train lovers to spend time and money here

Salem’s Pinkerton Chevrolet to buy Lynchburg’s Royal auto dealership

Glenn Wood, president of Royal Autos, said Pinkerton Chevrolet is buying GM franchises at the Graves Mill Road location

FAA computer problem causes widespread delays

MSNBC reports that the FAA says the computer problem has been fixed. People who have flights scheduled for today should call their airline to double check that their flight time is still on schedule.

Fire damages athletic storage building at Lynchburg College

Investigators will head back to campus this morning to find out what sparked the fire.

New principal named for Lynchburg’s T.C. Miller Elementary

Amy Huskin will take over

November 13, 2009

Lynchburg astronaut Leland Melvin readies for second space flight Monday

The first Lynchburg astronaut to go up in space is about to experience the second trip of a lifetime

Lynchburg doctor named head of Medical Society of Virginia

Dr. Daniel Carey was inaugurated as the group’s lead officer

Lynchburg police seek missing woman

Cassandra Ann Morton has been missing for more than a month, and police are asking for the public’s help in locating her

Lynchburg restaurant Shoemakers revamps, pares down prices

Once an upscale steakhouse and one of the more expensive restaurants in town, Shoemakers Fine Dining is reinventing itself as a more affordable family eatery

November 12, 2009

Flood Warnings

Roanoke City says the Roanoke River will crest at 11 p.m. tonight.

November 11, 2009

Lynchburg’s T.C. Miller adds engineering to elementary school curriculum

That means a new emphasis on making, building and designing, whether it is kindergarteners engineering Big Bad Wolf-proof houses or fifth graders experimenting with electrical circuits

November 10, 2009

Lynchburg investor’s 100 mpg vehicle still in X-Prize fight

Oliver Kuttner and his Edison*2 team have been designing and assembling a prototype lightweight vehicle that they expect will be able to achieve 110 mpg in the city and 140 on the highway

Jerry Falwell Jr. says he’s ‘surprised’ by election results

Liberty University's Chancellor said Monday he was surprised by Del. Shannon Valentine’s narrow defeat at the polls last week

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