Appomattox County

If a farmer's tractor is broken or an engine needs rebuilding, can you help repair it? That's two of several timed tasks students were given Wednesday in Pittsylvania County for the Southside Future Farmers of America Career Development Rally at the...

Appomattox is a magnet for people who want to know about the American Civil War.  Thousands come to see the court house national park and the new Museum of the Confederacy. For those who want to spend the night, there aren't many options. "We've had...

A Lynchburg College student died in an accident in Appomattox County on Sunday afternoon. Melissa Smith died after her car flipped on Route 638 (Wheelers Spring Road) around 3:15 p.m. Sunday. The accident happened less than a half-mile west of Route 47....

Schools in and around Lynchburg are cooperating to make Kindergarten registration easy for parents. Lynchburg, along with Bedford, Campbell, and Appomattox County schools will all hold their Kindergarten registration on April 17.  This will be the first...

If you live near Lynchburg, you may be eligible for a free flu shot. The Central Virginia Health District and the Lynchburg Fire Department is teaming up to give out 400 free flu shots from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 20. The shots will be given out at...

Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

Ninety-three percent of Virginia's public schools are fully accredited, according to numbers released Wednesday afternoon by the Virginia Department of Education. According to the VDOE, 96 percent of elementary schools and 88 percent of middle schools...

WEEK 4                       E.C. Glass 17, William Fleming 13   Franklin County 33, Magna Vista 30     Heritage 44, Halifax County 12  Patrick Henry 35, Blacksburg 13   George Washington 45, Churchland 14      Alleghany 36, Bath County 7  Salem...

A fox in Lynchburg has tested positive for rabies. The fox was captured near an apartment complex in Lynchburg. The Virginia Department of Health is urging people not to feed wild animals because it could expose them to rabies. The agency would also...

Prosecutors now say some of those slain in a 2010 multiple shooting in Appomattox County died two days before originally believed. The Appomattox County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office tells media outlets investigators now believe 41-year-old...

Two peoplefrom Scottsburg died early Sunday in an Appomattox County car accident. The crash happened around 1:35 a.m. on Route 460, about a half-mile west of Route 648. Brittnee M. Berg and Jeremy Hollandsworth were killed when the car they were in...

Ninety-six percent of Virginia's public schools are fully accredited for the 2011-12 school year.  The Virginia Department of Education made the announcement Thursday.  The accreditation is based on performance of students on Standards of Learning and...