Lynchburg is home to the only museum honoring chaplains from the Civil War on both sides of the conflict. On Saturday, the National Civil War Chaplains Museum celebrated its grand reopening in its ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the USNS Harvey Milk will be renamed after a World War II sailor who received ...

The Gaza Strip has experienced at least 10 communications outages since the war began in October 2023, according to Palestinian telecom company Paltel.

During the war, dozens of local buildings were converted into hospitals, including 19 tobacco warehouses. In Virginia, Lynchburg was second to only Richmond in its number of Confederate hospitals.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A leader, educator and civil rights icon. The city of Lynchburg mourns the loss of a pillar in the community, Dr. Owen Cardwell.

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and situated along the James River, Lynchburg got its start as a trade center and tobacco town, thanks to a ferry service there. And over the years ...

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia celebrated yesterday unanimous U.S. Senate passage of their bill to rename the Lynchburg VA Clinic after Private First Class Desmond T. Doss ...

Once out of Roanoke, Railfan Road: Virginia’s 460 follows the N&W up Blue Ridge grade (9 miles, up to 1.3%), and then plays tag with the railroad until Bedford where 460 and the railroad take ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. — A collection of state legislators and local government officials from across the country gathered in southern Virginia this summer with one unifying purpose. They’re members ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Located just outside Lynchburg, Virginia, the Sandusky house served as Union headquarters during the battle of Lynchburg. Director Greg Starbuck ...