Torrential rain and thunderstorms blanketed the Hill City and much of its surrounding areas for hours on Thursday evening into Friday morning, leaving in its path downed trees, power outages and streams of water flowing through front yards, neighborhoods and city streets.
Lynchburg City Council made numerous changes to its rules of procedure this week, highlighted by a change in how councilors are expected to treat each other on the dais going forward.
Torrential rain and thunderstorms blanketed the Hill City and much of its surrounding areas for hours on Thursday evening into Friday morning, leaving in its path downed trees, power outages and streams of water flowing through front yards, neighborhoods and city streets.
After the city's vice mayor accused one council member of being "disrespectful" and "insulting" and "offensive" to city staff, the city's Republican city committee responded by censuring the vice mayor for failing "to meet the expectations of conduct."
A statue paying homage to M.W. “Teedy” Thornhill, the City of Lynchburg’s first African American mayor, will be unveiled in the roundabout at 5th and Federal streets during a special