November 20, 2009
Lynchburg named one of top 11 Southern retirement hotspots
Reitrement Lifestyles magazine will feature its top 11 in its upcoming issueNovember 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 hereSalem’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 locationFAA 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 overNovember 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 lifetimeLynchburg doctor named head of Medical Society of Virginia
Dr. Daniel Carey was inaugurated as the group’s lead officerLynchburg 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 herLynchburg 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 eateryNovember 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 circuitsNovember 10, 2009