Frederick Watson News Today

A Lynchburg man was sentenced to six months after pleading guilty Monday to three misdemeanor charges stemming from an October 2022 shooting incident just outside Buffalo Wild Wings on Wards Road.

A Lynchburg man pleaded guilty Monday to five charges in connection with his role in a 2020 protest that escalated into a riot and led to destruction of downtown property in the aftermath of George Floyds murder that sparked widespread outrage.

Diddy appears to have responded to a viral video by former Da Band member Freddy P who blames the hip-hop mogul for making him suicidal. 

A Lynchburg man who a prosecutor said assaulted a city resident in his home and was shot doing so was denied a bond request Wednesday.

The coming closure of anchor store Von Maur marks another low point for the mall, which lost another anchor in 2018 with the shutdown of Younkers.

An unusual civil case against a juvenile and domestic relations judge is moving forward after a Lynchburg circuit judge denied a motion from the defendant to dismiss the case on Friday. City Attorney Walter Erwin III is seeking a writ of prohibition — a legal move preventing a judge from acting outside their jurisdiction — in response to a July 2018 letter in which Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge Robert Louis Harrison attempted to compel the office to represent Ly...