Lynchburg, VA

LYNCHBURG, Va (WSET) — An arrest on Liberty University's campus has launched an internal investigation into LU's use of force. Early Monday morning, three white LUPD officers arrested Charles Miller, who is Black, in the parking lot at Candler's Station. Miller's son captured a four-minute cellphone video from the driver's...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - The lawsuit Liberty University filed against Jerry Falwell, Jr. earlier this year made its way into the courtroom Friday. Friday’s two-hour hearing took place inside Lynchburg Circuit Court, where attorneys for both parties argued about the complaint and its legal sufficiency to move ahead. That comes after Falwell asked the court to dismiss the case.

Today the Smith Strong Golf Tournament got underway at Falling River Country Club in Appomattox. The tournament is a fundraiser for Appomattox County High School varsity football head coach Doug Smith, who has been battling multiple myeloma (cancer of the plasma cells) for much of the past year and is now in recovery.

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – Emotions ran high Thursday night in a Bedford County school board meeting that last more than four hours. Two hot topics are on the table with the start of the school year just around the corning: transgender policy and COVID mitigation. School leaders are looking to...

ROANOKE, Va. – The upcoming school year for students in Southwest and Central Virginia is swiftly approaching, and an update in CDC mask guidelines has many families asking will my child be required to wear a mask while at school?. With Virginia giving the authority to make mask decisions to...

As COVID-19 transmission begins to pick up, Lynchburg General Hospital is again starting to see the number of infected patients in the double digits, while more than half of adults in the greater Lynchburg area still are unvaccinated. With the more contagious delta variant rapidly spreading the coronavirus and causing...

Bedford County Public Schools won’t implement the Virginia Department of Education’s model policies regarding the treatment of transgender students. In a split 4-3 vote at a special-called meeting Thursday, the Bedford County School Board rejected the 27-page model policies for the treatment of transgender students, which can be found on the VDOE’s website and outlines that pursuant to state law, school divisions should adopt policies consistent with the model policy no later than the beginning of the 2021-22 school year.

A lawsuit Liberty University has filed against former President Jerry Falwell Jr. has survived its first round of legal challenges. The university first filed the lawsuit in April in Lynchburg Circuit Court, demanding at least $10 million and alleging Falwell breached fiduciary duties to the school and entered into a business conspiracy against it.

APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. – One thing Appomattox town leaders are doing to draw in tourists and enhance the Appomattox experience is hosting events at Courtland Festival Park. The space is used for concerts, festivals, the annual Christmas celebration and even yoga in the park. The park boasts an amphitheater and...

The Appomattox Town Council heard an in-depth financial analysis report of the town’s financial status, presented by Jimmy Sanderson, senior vice president of Davenport & Company from Richmond, during its workshop meeting on Tuesday. Overall, the report showed that the town’s finances are quite healthy across the board. In comparison...

Staff and students in Bedford County Public Schools will not be required to wear masks in school facilities for the upcoming year. In a special-called Bedford County School Board meeting Thursday, division superintendent Marc Bergin and Karen Woodford, chief learning officer in the division, presented recommended health and safety mitigation measures for the upcoming school year with the overall goals to keep all students in school five days per week and to offer athletics and other extracurricular activities.

Campbell County Public Schools (CCPS) will not require students or staff to wear masks this fall. The announcement comes as part of the school’s COVID-19 mitigation plan released July 30. Masks will be voluntary for all students and staff in CCPS elementary, middle and high schools. The plan also states, however, that CCPS strongly recommends mask usage, and all students and drivers on buses will be required to wear masks due to a federal mandate.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) — The Virginia National Guard’s Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team has been ordered to mobilize and enter federal active duty in order to provide a security force supporting Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, officials announced Thursday. According to...

APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. – There’s a lot of rich history in Appomattox County. The Civil War ended at the Appomattox Court House, and you can learn all about it at the American Civil War Museum. But there’s a hidden cabin there that not many know about. You can step inside...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. – UPDATE. One person has been hospitalized after a crash on US-460 in Campbell County, according to Virginia State Police. Authorities said that a car was in the left lane when it was rear-ended by a second car. The second car then swerved into the median and overturned, according to State Police.

Nelson County Public Schools will require masks for the first days of the 2021-22 school year. According to a July 27 news release, the division is accepting input from the public on shaping policies involving masks, noting, "The School Board will use the results from this survey to guide their decisions."

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Main Street in Downtown Lynchburg is officially a two-way street. The last time Main Street was a two-way street was back in 1954. On Friday, city officials, including Project Manager Jim Talian, hopped on board a bus to make the first trip down Main Street. "I...