An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son.

The trial of a Lynchburg woman accused of running a house of prostitution on Garfield Avenue was delayed Friday when her lawyer said a doctor has judged her mentally incompetent.

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Authorities are still investigating what started a fire at a Lynchburg College storage building that caused more than $130,000 in damage.

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The children lean forward, bellies over the table. Paul Sunwall, general manager of the Lynchburg Hillcats, sits with his hand against his cheek, studying the card in front of him. An instant later, his fingers are on the card and he is rattling off the math equations needed to make a total of “24” from the card’s four numbers.

A July 29 car accident, which sent three Brookville High School cheerleaders to UVa Medical Center, marked the beginning of a competitive cheerleading season marred by serious squad-member injuries - but also a heightened emotional bond and spirit of teamwork among the girls.

The Community Dialogue on Race and Racism will present a “Racial Equity Symposium” at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at Randolph College’s Smith Theatre.

A 66-year-old Rustburg man convicted of two counts of aggravated sexual battery of two children was sentenced to two years’ incarceration Wednesday in Campbell County Circuit Court.

Sweet Briar College will temporarily suspend retirement benefits and lay off some workers to make up for a $950,000 revenue shortfall caused by lower-than-expected fall enrollment numbers.

Renovation of two residential buildings at Central Virginia Training Center could begin within a few weeks, state officials said this week.

For a couple of days, one of Lynchburg’s best-known historic properties was heading to the foreclosure auction block.

Shortly before 2 p.m., a man walked up to the woman as she walked to her car in the parking lot of the CVS at of Langhorne and Atherholt roads, said Capt. Brandon Zuidema of the Lynchburg Police Department. The man threatened her but did not display a weapon.

The open house will feature tours of the Jubilee facility, including the Vocational Center, where visitors will see a robotics demonstration, an aspiring chef preparing a dish in the Culinary Arts Kitchen and an instructor describing the Nurse Aide program.

Virginia and its localities should stop building more prisons and jails because a decade-long building program has led to undercrowding, a state budget analyst said Wednesday.

A month after the Nelson County Board of Supervisors adopted policies for naming county-owned public facilities and state-maintained roads, highways and bridges, they approved the first such request –– to name a half-mile portion of Virginia 151 after a Nelson County Marine who died in Iraq.

The Fairview Heights Neighborhood Center, 3621 Campbell Ave., is back in operation following the completion of ceiling repairs and exterior painting work.

Space shuttle Atlantis’ astronauts are about to step out on the first spacewalk of their mission.

DANVILLE - Uranium mining opponents say flooding like the type that occurred in Pittsylvania County last week would pollute the water supply if uranium mining and milling take place at Coles Hill.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Morgan D. Harrington’s parents went Wednesday to the Copeley Road bridge where she was last seen to leave mementos and posters at a small, makeshift memorial.

Fire heavily damaged a Lynchburg College storage facility used to house sporting equipment Wednesday night, Lynchburg Fire Department officials said.

Appomattox County High School’s backyard sounds like a barnyard.

The Virginia University of Lynchburg is launching the biggest fundraising effort in its history Thursday in support of the ongoing restoration of its campus.

Liberty University’s School of Engineering and Computational Science, which is slated to expand to a new campus starting next fall, received a boost this week by way of a $300,000 grant from Simio, a Pittsburgh-based technology company.

Flu-like illnesses have declined slightly in Central Virginia but precautions have not, health officials said Wednesday.

Possibly as remarkable as the political pairing in support of a tax-code change to renovate old schools is the range of good it would do, former Gov. and U.S. Sen. George Allen told the Richmond Crusade for Voters last night.

Virginia is doing better at reducing premature births, but the state still gets a grade of D because too many babies are born before full term, according to the March of Dimes.

Before we take the turn into 2010, The News & Advance is compiling a list of the biggest stories of the decade for our area.

Space shuttle Atlantis is closing in on the International Space Station.