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Fire Damages Skyline Cleaners

Roanoke, VA - Investigators say a fire at a dry cleaners did about $12,000 in damage.  Crews were called Skyline Cleaners in the 3000 block of ...

Randolph College Graduates Tackle Finding Jobs

Lynchburg, VA - Randolph College had its commencement ceremony Sunday, and jobs are a big concern for many graduates. Martin Wiley was one of the smiling ...

Car Crashes Into Lynchburg Home

Car Crashes Into Lynchburg Home Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:56 PM EST Lynchburg, VA - Lynchburg dispatch confirms that a car has crashed into a home ...

Family of Missing Southside Woman Hopeful For Her Return

Halifax Co., VA - Hattie Brown has been missing for almost four years now. Brown's family in Halifax County has been encouraged by Amanda Berry's story. ...

Lynchburg Restaurants Busy This Mother's Day

Lynchburg, VA - If you find yourself always having trouble buying a gift for Mother's Day you can always take mom out for a nice ...

Tuition Increasing at Longwood

Farmville, VA - Longwood University has announced it will be raising its tuition cost for the coming school year. The University's Board of Visitors approved a ...

Fire Destroys Amherst Business

Amherst, VA - A large fire wiped out an Amherst business Friday Night. Multiple fire departments responded to S'Amanda's Natural Mercantile store on Faulconerville Drive around ...

Liberty Alum Delivers Encouraging Speech at School's 40th Commencement

Lynchburg, VA - Liberty University held its 40th Commencement Ceremony Saturday. An estimated 30,000 people were on-hand to witness their friends and loved ones graduate. Many ...

Liberty Celebrates 40th Commencement

Lynchburg, VA - Liberty University celebrated its historic 40th Commencement Saturday, featuring the largest graduating class to date, more than 15,000 strong. Over 7,000 graduates ...

Danville Community Raising Money for Local Hero

Ringgold, VA - Steven Cosner from Sutherlin put his life in danger to try and save two children from a burning house back in March. Cosner ...

Old City Cemetery Holds 18th Annual Antique Rose Festival in Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA - Locals were out at the Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg Saturday for the 18th annual Antique Rose Festival. The event included tours of ...

Central Virginia Mega Adoption Event Finds Homes for 27 Pets

Lynchburg, VA - Lynchburg held our region's first ever Central Virginia Mega Adoption event Saturday. It was on the grounds of the Presbyterian Home & Family ...

James River Wine & Music Festival in Lynchburg Draws Hundreds

Lynchburg, VA - Lynchburg held its first ever James River Wine and Music Festival Saturday. The rain held out for the event at Riverfront Park, ...

Two Killed in Lexington Crash

Lexington, VA - The Lexington Community is mourning the loss of two people after a fatal crash Friday Night. According to Lexington Police, crews responded to ...

Longwood Holds Saturday Commencement

Farmville, Va.- A Longwood University alumnus who is a Hollywood actor spoke to graduates at his alma mater's undergraduate commencement Saturday. Ransford Doherty is a 1997 ...

Roanoke Army Veteran Pleads Guilty to Setting Off Pipe Bomb

Blacksburg, Va. - A Roanoke Army veteran has pleaded guilty to blowing up a sport utility vehicle with a pipe bomb in August. ...

Danville City Council to Vote on Raising Bus Fairs

Danville, VA - Danville residents may have to pay higher bus fares because of a decrease in the city's population. The 2010 census ...

Lynchburg Fire Officials Investigating Cause of House Fire

Lynchburg, VA – Lynchburg fire officials are investigating a fire that nearly destroyed a home in Lynchburg early Saturday morning. Battalion Chief Greg Wormser says they ...

Rain or Shine, There Will Be Wine at Lynchburg's Wine and Music Festival

Lynchburg, VA- Saturday in downtown Lynchburg is the first ever James River Wine and Music Festival. From 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Riverside Park ...

Danville Community College has Commencement Ceremony

Danville, VA-- Graduation season is in full swing. Friday night, Danville Community College held their commencement ceremony. 546 graduates received associate degrees, diplomas and certificates. Retiring DCC ...

Vigil Held after Death of 2-Month-Old Baby

Danville, VA-- Several people gathered on the Danville Courthouse steps Friday evening, to remember a 2-month-old baby that died tragically in April. A vigil was held for Alphonza ...

Meet Terry Austin, House Candidate for the 19th Dist.

Bedford, VA - In the race for the 19th district House of Delegates seat Republicans have chosen their candidate. On Tuesday, Terry Austin of Botetourt County ...

Danville's Spring RIver Clean-Up to Be Held Saturday

Danville, VA-- Several volunteers in Danville will be cleaning up the banks of the Dan River on Saturday, and they're asking for some more volunteers to ...

Candlelight Vigil to Be Held in Danville Friday After Baby's Death

Danville,VA-- A Danville woman is holding a candlelight vigil for a 2-month-old baby who died in April. The mother of Alphonza O'Brien Fuller III, Michelle Pruitt, has been ...

Lynchburg Dog Park Holding Etiquette Sessions

Videojournalist: Alana Austin Lynchburg, VA - The Lynchburg Dog Park is inviting you and your pup to come out and learn about dog park etiquette. The park ...

Sweet Briar College Gets Grant for Cabin Preservation

Videojournalist: Alana Austin Lynchburg, VA -Sweet Briar College is working to preserve a piece of history on its campus. The National Trust for Historic Preservation Fund recently ...

Bedford County's Norma Powers is Our Area's 'Top Mom'

Bedford Co., VA - The votes are in and Norma Powers of Bedford County is ABC 13's Top Mom. Only seven votes separated the winner and ...

Lynchburg's Showing Some 'Love' With New Sculpture

Lynchburg, VA - Tourists have one more reason to visit the Hill City. A new LOVE sculpture was just added to the trailhead of Percival's ...

Chatham Hall Employee Honored for 63 Years of Service

Chatham, VA - A man who has been working at Chatham Hall for more than six decades was honored Friday at the school. Curtis Jackson has ...

Cat Found in Steel Trap in Danville

Danville, VA - The Danville Area Humane Society had to euthanize a cat this week, after it was found mangled in a trap meant to ...

Ringgold Fire & Rescue Adds Six New Bays to Station

Ringgold, VA - Chief Michael Neal has vivid memories of December 30, 2001 - the night his old station went up in flames. "It's like ...

Fired Altavista Police Chief Speaks Out

Altavista, VA - Altavista's Police Chief, who was fired for talking to the media, is speaking out again. Clay Hamilton says the town manager called him ...

Lynchburg Regional Airport | Tower to Stay Open

Lynchburg, VA – Officials say 149 control towers at small airports, including Lynchburg's, will stay open at least through September 30. The Transportation Department made the ...

Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg Holding Antique Rose Festival Saturday

Lynchburg, VA - Get ready for a weekend of family fun at the Old City Cemetery of Lynchburg. Saturday is the 18th Annual Antique Rose Festival ...

Lynchburg Furniture Store Owner Needs Funds to Open Wood Working School

Lynchburg, VA - Furniture guy Thomas Johnson has set out to start a wood working school in Lynchburg. He's already got a curriculum made up, but ...

Bedford Police Ready for 'Click It or Ticket' Campaign

Bedford, VA - The media blitz for the annual "Click It or Ticket" campaign will begin next week, but one crash this week in Bedford ...

Resident Recounts 'Bizarre' Morning After SUV Crashes Into Roanoke Co.

Roanoke Co., VA - For the second day in a row, a driver has left a road and crashed into a house. The driver of ...

Man Arrested After High Speed Chase in Bedford Co.

Bedford Co., VA - Bedford County deputies say they got into a high speed chase with a motorcycle Thursday night. Now, Songer of Montvale, 28, faces ...

Bedford Co. Schools Get New Driver's Ed Cars

Bedford Co., VA - A group that promotes teen driving safety is helping save the driver's education program in Bedford County schools. BedCo Cares used grant ...

Driver Crashes Car Into Two Roanoke Co. Homes, No Serious Injuries

Roanoke Co., VA – Police say a driver person suffered minor injuries after they crashed a car into two Roanoke County homes Friday morning. Police say ...

Two Arrested in Meth Bust in Salem

Salem, VA - Two people have been arrested after police say they found an active meth lab in the basement of their home in Salem. Officers ...

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Touch down: The terrifying moment Moore tornado funnel forms and hits the land as it begins it's devastating journey

By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 18:29 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 18:32 EST, 21 May 2013 The video that one Oklahoma man recorded from a parking lot on Monday shows ...

Hope then heartbreak: Mother of choirboy, 8, killed by tornado at elementary school tells how she'd thought he'd survived but found out he was dead after 'night of hell'

Kyle Davis, 8, died instantly after the tornado struck his elementary school'He was just a sweet loveable little boy.' his heartbroken mom told MailOnlineHis sister, ...

Benghazi attack: FBI identifies five suspects - but no arrests have been made

Each of the suspects identified by the FBI were seen on the grounds of the consulate during the deadly attack on September 11, 2012They all appear ...

ONS: House prices rise by 2.7% across UK in the last year

By Lee Boyce PUBLISHED: 11:14 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 22:04 EST, 21 May 2013 Property prices in the 12 months to March 2013 increased by 2.7 per cent, ...

Benghazi attack: FBI identifies five suspects - but no arrests have been made

Each of the suspects identified by the FBI were seen on the grounds of the consulate during the deadly attack on September 11, 2012They all appear ...

Man who abducted girl, 15, found dead from suicide as massive search for the teen continues

Kathlynn Shepard of Dayton, Iowa took a ride from a stranger after school Monday, along with a 12-year-old friend, and has been missing sinceThat ride ...

A white dad was suspected of kidnapping his own biracial daughters following a family trip to Walmart

PUBLISHED: 22:01 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 22:02 EST, 21 May 2013 A dad visited by police was suspected of stealing his three mixed race children because he ...

Man who abducted girl, 15, found dead from suicide as massive search for the teen continues

Kathlynn Shepard of Dayton, Iowa took a ride from a stranger after school Monday, along with a 12-year-old friend, and has been missing sinceThat ride ...

World Digest: May 21, 2013

GEORGIA Saakashvili alliesface graft charges Allies of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged Tuesday with embezzlement and ...

Oklahoma tornado dog: Heartbreaking moment dog is found guarding body of owner buried under destroyed home - and now sheriff's deputy is trying to adopt him

The Oklahoma sheriff's office initially released a picture of the shaken black pet on its Twitter page on Monday with the comment 'scared, but this little pup ...