May 30, 2009

Plaque honors five Lynchburg firefighters killed in 1883 blaze

Four pieces of Lynchburg Fire Department history are slowly crumbling under a canopy of trees in the Presbyterian Cemetery.


May 21, 2009

VIDEO: Bees swarm Bedford County home

A Bedford County man has a colony of honey bees making his chimney their home.


April 15, 2009

Randolph College concert to showcase many dance forms

The fast food experience as dance? Indeed. “Thank You, Please Come Again …” is the name of Randolph College senior Sarah Blane’s senior choreography project, and it’s based on her experience working in a fast food restaurant.


April 09, 2009

Altavista clock tower under repair

ALTAVISTA — Staunton River Memorial Library’s clock tower will be shorter for the next two months as crews restore and repair it.


March 28, 2009

City brothers form bond over shed

You’re never too old to hang out in a clubhouse, or to have your brother as your best friend.


March 25, 2009

Kick Butts Day: Nails in the coffin

Wooden crosses filled the front lawn at E.C. Glass High School on Wednesday, part of a vivid display against tobacco use to mark the 14th annual Kick Butts Day.


March 23, 2009

Liberty student recounts rescue from burning duplex

It wasn’t the smell of smoke that awoke 19-year-old Tracy Palmer shortly after noon on Sunday.
It was a scream.


March 21, 2009

Appomattox County farm does its part to keep Bay clean

Five years ago, cloudy water flowed in a tiny Appomattox County stream. A brown fuzz of algae and silt lined the bottom.


March 10, 2009

Seer: Doctor sees need for free eye clinic

After retiring, this doctor got back to work and opened a free eye clinic.


March 07, 2009

Fifth Street funk

It’s been six weeks since anyone could drive to Allen Harris’ barbershop or pull into the parking lot right next to it to walk in for a haircut.


February 21, 2009

Rustburg farm takes hit from souring milk prices

On Carter Elliott’s Rustburg farm, milking his 420 dairy cows three times a day means his operation runs almost around the clock.


February 15, 2009

Hats Off Barbering drops the price of a trim

When barbershop owner Vickie Thompson saw more people dealing with tough economic times, she decided to take a little bit off the top of the price of a haircut.


February 14, 2009

Bedford County horse population exploding

The population rate for horses in Bedford County is galloping at more than triple the rate for humans.


February 11, 2009

At Texas Inn, son will continue father’s legacy

Once during the long and colorful history of the Texas Inn, a pickup truck lost its brakes on the steepest part of Fifth Street and barreled downhill, finally smashing through the front of the restaurant like a meat-seeking missile.


February 09, 2009

Appomattox park scorched to restore field to its Civil War state

Smoke climbed above the charred and blackened field at the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park as firefighters burned a swatch of land.

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