Liberty University officials presented preliminary plans Monday to the Campbell County Board of Supervisors to expand the School of Aeronautics and School of Engineering and Computational Sciences.

With a “Guns Save Lives” sticker on his breast pocket, Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, made his case Friday for why students should be allowed to carry concealed firearms on college campuses during
the “To Keep and Bear” Second Amendment symposium at Liberty University School of Law.

Liberty University has plans to build an engineering campus that eventually would accommodate 2,000 students, a small research park and new degree programs for its School of Engineering and Computational Sciences.

Just a day after a landmark health care reform bill made its way through the Senate Finance Committee, the “Hands Off My Health Care” bus rolled through Central Virginia, gathering supporters despite temperatures in the low 40s and rain.

With as many as 3,200 Liberty University students eligible to vote locally, including more than 1,700 who completed applications before this week’s registration deadline, Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. said Friday that the college will cancel classes on Election Day to encourage students to head to the polls.

Students who come down with swine flu at Liberty University have the option of recuperating in a room at the cushiest student dormitory on campus: the Lynchburg Inn, a former hotel turned dormitory to alleviate the school’s housing crunch.

Liberty High School has a new principal, Bedford County School officials announced Thursday.

Liberty University is seeking a permit that will give it greater flexibility to bring new education programs to The Plaza.

Amherst isn’t the only Seminole District volleyball team experimenting with a 6-2 offense this fall after running a 5-1 in the past. Liberty, which will travel to play the Lancers in both teams’ district openers on Thursday, is giving the two-setter formation a try as well, with senior Hannah Martin and junior Kasey Bond both distributing sets from the back row.

In a stunt that could come straight from a James Bond movie, professional skydiver Jim McCormick will parachute jump from an airplane over Candlers Mountain on Saturday, and, if all goes as planned, land on Liberty University’s Snowflex ski slope.

Around the area, college students are moving into their dormitories, some meeting their roomates for the first time. Following is a list of local college move-in dates.

A hole in a heavily traveled Lynchburg bridge is causing a major headache for motorists near Liberty University and the River Ridge mall, state transportation officials said Thursday.

Lynchburg’s largest church is planning to open a satellite congregation in Danville, according to church officials.

Every Friday at noon, 82-year-old Renee Rucker arrives at Monument Terrace in downtown Lynchburg decked out in red, white and blue. Yesterday was no different. Under the scorching sun, Rucker and about 40 others lined the curb along Church Street to show their support for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A judge ruled Wednesday that there was enough evidence in the case against a former Liberty University professor accused of sexual misconduct with a student to send the charges forward to a grand jury for consideration.