The Lynchburg Police Department’s national accreditation is up for review next month.

A local program aimed at preventing youths from becoming repeat offenders is now addressing mental health issues with the help of a state grant.

Just desserts were served up in more ways than one Sunday during a charity softball game between Lynchburg’s police and fire departments.
The firefighters, dressed appropriately in red shirts, used their first turn on the pitcher’s mound to toss, not a ball, but rather a surprise doughnut out to the officer at bat.

Movie theaters in Lynchburg are slated to get a new competitor next year, as Regal Entertainment opens the first new theater here in 17 years.
Regal will operate the 56,000- square-foot movieplex in River Ridge mall, in the location of the Value City store that closed last month.

Funding has been secured to replace Lynchburg’s oldest concrete bridge, and the process of choosing a designer is well under way.

The students twist around in their front-row theater seats, straining to peer through the black space to the back row.

A Virginia group is knocking on doors in Lynchburg neighborhoods, looking for a few people willing to get involved with their government leaders.

A Lynchburg man has been arrested and charged with a malicious wounding and robbery on April 11, along with two other incidents, according to Lynchburg Police.

The Lynchburg Community Market is trying a fresh approach to get more produce downtown, more often.

The proposed second daily Amtrak train from Lynchburg to Washington is included in the draft of a statewide rail plan issued Tuesday by the state Department of Rail and Public Transportation.

For 25 years Alease Brown has policed her neighborhood. Monday night wasn’t supposed to be any different.

Virginia is becoming a more popular stop for wine lovers, with wineries playing an increasingly important role in the Commonwealth’s tourism industry.
Frank Britt is trying to make sure that trend continues.
The Lynchburg man teamed up with a graphic design firm in Virginia Beach to launch a lifestyle magazine that promotes wine made in Virginia.

To see people doing something about gas prices these days, it’s only necessary to be at the Lynchburg train station at 6 a.m.

MADISON HEIGHTS — In the early morning, even Dixie Airport Road is quiet, but Mary Mathisen is already busy in the fellowship hall of Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene.
It’s well before 8 a.m. and with hands encased in transparent plastic gloves, she puts canned orange slices into small Styrofoam cups with covers. Slices of frozen bread are slipped into per-person sized wrappers.
Mathisen is site manager for the Madison Heights dining center established by the Lynchburg-based Central Virginia Area Agency on Aging.

Two Lynchburg students recently became the first recipients of the Dunbar High School Legacy Fund scholarship, created to remember the school’s rich history and tight-knit community.
For 47 years, Dunbar helped provide the city’s black students opportunity and education.
Now the scholarship, established by Dunbar High School’s class of 1965, will help provide opportunity and education to Heritage High School grad Damian Booker and E.C. Glass High School grad Lewedwyn Kippur Taylor.