RUSTBURG — A Lynchburg man is facing two dozen charges he molested a child after a grand jury meeting in Campbell County on Monday.

Efforts to bring a dog park to Lynchburg are moving ahead at a slow but steady pace.

The Lynchburg Humane Society will begin charging for pet surrenders next week in an effort to combat overcrowding and encourage people to make use of support programs available to help them keep their pets or adopt them out themselves.

Lynchburg has been awarded up to $18 million in zero-interest bonds for the construction of the new Sandusky Middle School.

Crews are now conducting demolition and groundwork on the future site of Lynchburg’s second Walmart super center.

The Lynchburg Community Action Group has been awarded $363,631 in stimulus funds for use in a Homelessness and Rapid Re-Housing Program.

Nancy Marion’s First Friday exhibit of her Mystery Pictures drew hundreds and hundreds of people, she said, so she’s holding a second reception, this one from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Firehouse Gallery at 1210 Rivermont Ave.

Breaking up, Neil Sedaka once told us in song, is hard to do. But not for the Lynchburg-based Blue Newt Band. In their case, breaking up was easier than finding a new lead guitar player.

Among area remembrances of the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedies planned for Friday, a former New York City firefighter is set to address an Appomattox gathering about his experience responding to the World Trade Center attacks.

Lynchburg Area Museum Professionals will hold a Volunteer Information Fair from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday at the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, 1 Quinlan St.

Lynchburg City Council publicly reaffirmed its faith in City Manager Kimball Payne following a two-hour evaluation of his job performance Tuesday.

Lynchburg City Council members, by and large, are not displaying any desire to take action against City Manager Kimball Payne when he comes up for review tonight.

There’s a chance that anyone who has ever played soccer in the Lynchburg area did so because of Bill Shellenberger.

Imagine clotheslines strung down Monument Terrace, hung with shirts carrying messages of strength, hope and resilience.

Fourteen local dentists and specialists will provide free dental care at the Forest Dental Center on Sept. 19 for Lynchburg’s second annual Dentistry from the Heart Day.