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Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 4:43 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
The popular Mama Crockett's cider donuts wagon was just outside Lexington drawing crowds for a day when ten percent of their sales went to Little Magnolias Child Care.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2020 at 4:38 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
In Lexington, the Rockbridge Historical Society is preparing artifacts from two Purple Heart veterans for display.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 5:19 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
Firefighters unloaded weight lifting equipment at the firehouse after it was donated by Washington and Lee University for the firefighters to use to work on their physical training.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2020 at 5:13 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
Buena Vista's Labor Day Parade has been canceled.The Labor Day Committee decided not to hold the parade this year because of coronavirus.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 6:17 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
It’s a gathering of musicians, some friends, some newcomers, that meets every other Wednesday in Jordan's Point Park in Lexington.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 5:30 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
In association with the Rockbridge Area Relief Association, the Rockbridge Area YMCA is having a food drive through August 9.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 6:01 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
On Tuesdays the West Virginia State Fair will be opening up the free parking area across the street from the fairgrounds for a return of the fair's flea market.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2020 at 4:33 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
They say more father figures are needed for children CASA advocates for.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
They said one area of impact is on testing capabilities.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 5:57 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
They have a goal to raise $50,000.
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Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 5:14 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
Alleghany Highlands Community Services set up a curbside pickup station in front of their offices in town to pass out some prevention resources.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 5:08 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
Buena Vista is looking carefully at its plans for Labor Day.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
The expansion will bring seven new hangars and a terminal.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2020 at 6:53 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
Currently over 1,000 households face water disconnects that could happen as soon as September.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2020 at 6:38 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
They say the project would cost about $21,500.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2020 at 4:33 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
A lot of events in our area have been cancelled because of COVID, but in Fairfield in northern Rockbridge County, they’ve decided the show, or rather the carnival, must go on.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 5:12 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
Green Pastures was a gathering place for African-Americans for decades, one of just a handful of parks then available to them.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 6:25 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
Buena Vista's annual Beach Music Festival has been cancelled.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 4:49 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
The Rockbridge Regional Library’s storytime went on the road, paying a visit to the Lexington fire house for the daily Facebook Live broadcast.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2020 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
They plan to open basketball courts and resume classes and programs for those who have registered.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2020 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Pete DeLuca
It was all part of United Way's 'Day of Action.'
Updated: Jun. 23, 2020 at 6:44 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
The chief plans to talk about things such as recruiting, training and transparency.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2020 at 6:20 PM EDT
Academy Center of the Arts held the event online.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 5:21 PM EDT
|By Pete DeLuca
The board will review current and future city policies to look for inequalities and injustices.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 5:12 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
The drive runs through June 21.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 12:12 AM EDT
|By Jen Cardone
Students in Montgomery County protested outside the school board office Tuesday night, asking that school officials better address race issues in the district.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2020 at 5:46 PM EDT
|By Kate Capodanno
The Summer Reading Challenge for Botetourt County Libraries is going digital this year.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2020 at 5:31 PM EDT
|By Ashley Boles
Discussions on the removal process have yet to begin, but it's something board of supervisor members say they will consider.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 11:31 PM EDT
|By Jen Cardone
On Monday night, a group gathered standing in unity with the Black Lives Matter movement with hope to spread their message throughout the community. They met on Virginia Tech's campus.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 10:53 PM EDT
|By Eric Miller
The grey obelisk was erected in 1960 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 6:09 PM EDT
|By Michael Alachnowicz
One petition calls for a name change, the other calls for it to remain as it is.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 5:37 PM EDT
|By Leanna Scachetti
The online exhibit focuses on slavery in Montgomery County and the lead up to the creation of the Christiansburg Institute.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 5:35 PM EDT
|By Lindsay Cayne
She's celebrating four years of being out of Amherst County Jail.
Updated: Jun. 15, 2020 at 10:39 AM EDT
|By Staff
Lynchburg residents are fighting back against a petition started to rename the city.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2020 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Lindsay Cayne
The Least of These Ministry runs mobile shower units on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2020 at 6:47 PM EDT
|By Lindsay Cayne
He ran 100 miles in 30 days.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 11:38 PM EDT
|By Jen Cardone
In Blacksburg, dozens of people gathered Friday evening for a vigil to uplift black voices in the community outside of police headquarters.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Ann Taylor
The owner of Smith Mountain Lake airport is planning to expand.
But, neighbors in that area are worried about what it could mean for the private road they pay to maintain.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 10:49 AM EDT
|By AP
The city said in a statement Friday that the statue, nicknamed Johnny Reb, came down in less than two hours.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 10:43 AM EDT
|By AP
A spokesman for Richmond's mayor told news outlets the police memorial would be restored and returned.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 9:38 AM EDT
|By Staff
The city of Lynchburg was named after its founder, John Lynch.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 7:41 AM EDT
|By Katey Roshetko
"Since the governor's orders in March, in our viewing area, there's been over 100 natural disasters that still occurred," the Red Cross executive director said.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 6:44 AM EDT
|By Josh Birch
A Radford boy has a lot to celebrate. WDBJ7 had reported on Anthony Sadeghi, who recently completed his 1,000th day of chemo and kindergarten on the same day.
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 1:27 PM EDT
|By Staff
Parents who have already signed up and paid for camp will be refunded in full.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 9:05 PM EDT
|By Joe Dashiell
Feeding Southwest Virginia held its first pop-up mobile food distribution in mid-March, and hasn't stopped. The10th and 11th are scheduled Friday in Abingdon and Roanoke.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 7:45 PM EDT
|By Bruce Young
The Buena Vista Fire Department will use its tanker truck to fill pools for $75 each.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By Pete DeLuca
Activists marched through the streets to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Courthouse, where they took a knee for eight minutes in remembrance of George Floyd.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 11:11 AM EDT
|By Staff
Each building will have slightly different guidelines created by the responsible department.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 10:51 AM EDT
|By Staff
Botetourt County will begin scheduling appointments at most county offices beginning June 15.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2020 at 10:38 PM EDT
|By WWBT Newsroom
The Christopher Columbus statue is located in Byrd Park.