In 2024, Lynchburg will start the process of unmaking College Lake, now less than 17 acres, by removing the city-owned dam, draining the lake and transitioning the resulting lakebed to a wetlands ecosystem.
When Lynchburg native Carter Elliott IV was the campaign manager for former Lynchburg City Councilor Beau Wright on his successful 2018 campaign for council, it was far from the then-20-year-old’s
Nearly two dozen students at the Empowerment Academy on Thomas Road in Lynchburg had the opportunity to gain a new perspective on the role of police in the community after
Lynchburg City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday night that will name the new Lakeside Drive bridge over Blackwater Creek after Elliot and Rosel Schewel.
About 100 people from the University and surrounding communities gathered at Lynchburg on Saturday for a conference dedicated to women’s leadership and the late Rosel Schewel ’71 MEd, ’83 EdS, a civic activist and champion of women’s rights and racial justice.