An African revolutionist with ties to Lynchburg was honored Saturday with a historical marker.
The Election Day Flood of 1985 brought mayhem and mud to the Lynchburg area. The churning James River, 17 feet above flood stage, raced throug…
The 1950s were a boom time for construction in Lynchburg, when the Hill City saw the building of a new E.C. Glass High School and the Preston …
E.C. Glass history reaches all the way back to Edward Christian Glass, superintendent of Lynchburg Schools from 1879 to 1931. In 1920, Lynchbu…
In the newspaper business, they are typically called "weather pics." They give the paper an opportunity to display some interesting photos and…
We dove into our photo archives for pictures of both Sandusky Elementary and Middle schools through the years — or, as the middle school was k…
Right at the start of its highly anticipated opening in 1960, Pittman Plaza became the retail destination for the Lynchburg area for more than…
Check out these photos that show a view of the Lynchburg area through the years that most people don't often see. Note: Some photo captions ar…
Jefferson Forest High School opened its doors on Perrowville Road in 1972. Here's a look at a selection of our archive photos of the school a…
During the 1950s, '60s and '70s — the period covered by these photos — Lynchburg and Central Virginia experienced a frenzy of road constructio…
Before it closed at the end of last school year, Holy Cross Regional Catholic School had been in Lynchburg since 1879 and was the area's only …
Liberty University's 2020 Commencement is canceled for this fall, but here is a look back in photos at speakers from previous years.
It was 100 years ago, the Roaring '20s with Prohibition, flappers, Mickey Mouse and the stock market collapse. Our archives show how much Cent…
Set up toward the back of the parking lot of the Food Lion in Lovingston, Nelson County residents Rose Harper and Grace Clair on Tuesday distr…
They take us where we want to go and bring us home again. City streets are a part of the way we interact with the world. They change over time…
Were you a fan of Biff Burger? Did you love The Sweet Life? Late-night fan of Howard Johnson? These eateries, once the haunts of hungry Lynchb…
In June 1972, just three years after remnants of Hurricane Camille devastated Central Virginia, Hurricane Agnes swept through and brought more…
Lynchburg made national headlines on several occasions in the 1980s, with a steady stream of political heavyweights from Ronald Reagan to Oliv…
The original opponent of the Robert E. Lee statue issued a stern prophesy after the monument was erected in 1890.
Take a look back at River Ridge mall's history with this set of photos from our archives from 1978, when the mall was under construction, to t…
On March 24, 1934, a fire tore through a homeless shelter at the corner of 12th and Church Streets killing at least 17 and injuring many more.…
The Lynchburg Foundry Company once employed thousands of workers in Central Virginia. The closing of the Archer Creek Foundry on Mount Athos …
Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest was the personal retreat of the United States' third president. Located at 1542 Bateman Bridge Road in Forest…
It was April 30, 2014 when 17 cars of a CSX oil train derailed near Ninth and Jefferson streets in downtown Lynchburg, sending three cars into…
