The News & Advance

The News & Advance serves as Lynchburg, Virginia's primary daily newspaper. It boasts a weekday circulation of about 35,600, with 35,000 copies on Saturdays and 41,200 on Sundays. The newspaper primarily caters to Lynchburg and its neighboring counties, including Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell. This publication is part of Berkshire Hathaway, with Alton Brown serving as the publisher and Caroline Glickman as the managing editor. The News & Advance incorporates content from various news services, including the Associated Press, as well as stories from former Media General-owned outlets. In 2009, the newspaper upgraded its printing capabilities by adding a new KBA printing press. This was the first new press since 1974, when the newspaper relocated to its current facility, having previously been based in downtown Lynchburg.

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A Wisconsin man found Neil Armstrong's watch — and sold it for $2.1 million

13 hours ago | newsadvance.com | Gayle Worland

Stefan Osdene had some time to kill before meeting a friend on a trip to Ohio. So he stopped in a restaurant for a bowl of Cincinnati’s famous Skyline Chili, then paid a visit to a local coin shop to look around. A Hamilton wristwatch at the coin shop caught his eye, and Osdene, a vintage and contemporary watch dealer and collector who lives in Madison, Wisconsin, bought it for $300. “Then the guy said, ‘Oh, I’ve got something cool in the safe,’” Osdene recalled.
Finance department at Birth Injury Fund gutted by departures

1 day ago | newsadvance.com | Luca Powell

A total of five employees have resigned from the Virginia Birth Injury Fund in the past month — an exodus that has gutted the small agency’s finance team as it tries to rebuild after an insider embezzled millions of dollars meant for the families of disabled children. The latest resignation is that of Kan Cheung, who was hired earlier this year to work as the fund’s director of finance and investments.
Federal cuts hit Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art as lost grant sparks lasting worries

1 day ago | newsadvance.com | Colin Warren-Hicks

Federal funding cuts to arts and humanities institutions are hitting home in Hampton Roads. A federal grant awarded to the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art last year to fund a two-year educational project for Virginia Beach public school students was unexpectedly terminated in April, only months away from the project’s conclusion. Museum Deputy Director Truly Matthews said the money was already spent and now MOCA will end its fiscal year $32,399 in debt.
VCU's Siegel Center will host concerts to raise revenue for NIL

1 day ago | newsadvance.com | Eric Kolenich

Virginia Commonwealth University will start renting out the Siegel Center for concerts and events in an effort to generate revenue for athletes. VCU has partnered with a California-based event management company, ASM Global to manage the facility. The university expects to spend $5 million compensating its athletes beginning next year. For the first time, colleges will be able to directly and legally pay their players, pending final approval of a lawsuit against the NCAA.
Campbell County requests bids to build, operate solid waste transfer station

2 days ago | newsadvance.com | Mark Hand

With the Region 2000 Services Authority landfill near Rustburg scheduled to close in early 2029, Campbell County is taking steps to build a transfer station that would be used to store solid waste before it’s taken to a landfill outside the county.
Third prison employee sentenced for FCI Petersburg death in custody

2 days ago | newsadvance.com | Luca Powell

A third employee with the Bureau of Prisons was sentenced Thursday for making false statements to federal investigators who were reviewing the death in custody of Wade Walters. Walters was a federal prisoner at FCI Petersburg who died in a suicide watch cell in 2021. He was serving a 25-year sentence stemming from a child porn and sexual exploitation case. Tonya Farley was a nurse at the prison. She was on duty the day before Walters died.
Virginia Union student walks at graduation months after being paralyzed

2 days ago | newsadvance.com | Thad Green

Moments before Jaiden Picot received his diploma from Virginia Union University on Saturday, cheers rang out in anticipation of his achievement. When he stood up from his wheelchair and walked across the stage, the cheers turned into roars because many understood the nine-month journey the 22-year-old completed after being paralyzed from the chest down.
Truist Championship Golf

3 days ago | newsadvance.com | Matt Rourke

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Amherst County officials discuss regulating battery storage facilities

4 days ago | newsadvance.com | Justin Faulconer

AMHERST — Battery storage facilities and the possibility of regulating such land use in Amherst County were heavily discussed at a May 6 joint meeting of the county board of supervisors and the planning commission. Energy Safety Response Group (ESRG), a company that specializes in fire safety of battery storage facilities and other energy projects, was part of the joint session that Amherst County Board of Supervisors Chair Claudia Tucker said was solely about education.
Lynchburg baseball topples Randolph-Macon for ODAC three-peat

4 days ago | newsadvance.com | Bryson Gordon

After a regular season filled with success in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play, Lynchburg baseball was pushed to the brink on championship Saturday in Tysons. The top-seeded Hornets dropped the first game of the afternoon to No. 2 Randolph-Macon to force a winner-take-all final, where they trailed 3-2 with 12 outs to go.