Kris Collins, 32, has been recording and performing consistently since 2006 but has been influenced by hip-hop since he was 12. Collins performs under the alias Oktober9, named after his birthday.
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Nancy Volk-Stalcup is the choral director at E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg. She has been teaching chorus for 28 years.
Raymond Buckner is a recording engineer and producer at Hallow Tree Recording Studios in Lynchburg.
A new YMCA program offers fitness fun for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Nathan Overstreet and Christy Little share a special bond.
A candlelight vigil and a pet pig were among Kim Raff's favorite photos from 2011.
Parker Michel-Boyce's selection of 2011 shots covered a poignant closing of a local dance school, the Blue Angels coming to town and more.
Human kindness, summertime memories and her own trip to Nicaragua were part of what inspired Jill Nance's favorite shots of the year.
Perrymont Elementary School's kindergartners and first-graders performed their Holiday Zoobilee on Tuesday.
A look at Raff's favorite photos from her time at The News & Advance
Go inside William Marvin Bass Elementary in our special multimedia feature.
Fresh apples are a luxury for the Salvation Army and other agencies. That's where the Society of St. Andrews and local apple orchards come together to help.
Check out photos from the 38th Annual Virginia 10 Miler.
For Glenn A. Trent, work is something of a family tradition.
Virginia University of Lynchburg hasn't played a football game in 57 years. Now they're about to make history.
These abandoned kittens need a home.
Check out the The News & Advance's photographers' favorite recent shots.
The spirit of the Wild West lives on in shooting clubs across the state, and country, gathering with 19th-century style guns and dress. One such group meets in Bedford once a month.
Lot by lot, machinery and tools and other equipment that for decades made furniture and jobs in Appomattox were sold at auction on Aug. 11, many for pennies on the dollar.
An unconventional group of believers hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a Lynchburg church.
Check out The News & Advance's all-area high school sports picks.
Cheryl and Larry Randall started Candlelight Outreach Ministries in 2006, intending to feed those who physically can't access pantry services.
The Virginia School of the Arts graduated its final class last month and is shutting its doors for good.
Students from Thomas Jefferson Elementary watched Kevin Poppleman take the RE/MAX hot air balloon up on Thursday.
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