by Sara Hook | May 15, 2025 | Stories
ACCORDING TO the National Fatherhood Initiative, children raised with an absent father have the odds stacked against them: they are more likely to face addiction, teen pregnancy, and obesity, and they are more likely to end up incarcerated. In the United States, over...
by Sara Hook | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
WHEN A neighborhood, city, or county works together, aligning themselves with one purpose, amazing things happen. Lynchburg’s One Community One Voice (OCOV) is a perfect example of this as the city comes together with one goal: making Lynchburg a better place to live,...
by Sara Hook | Apr 1, 2025 | Stories
“HOW DO you change poverty levels — how do you create a greater workforce participation that is going to be transformational to a city, to a county, to families, to a community?” That was the question Randy Dunton asked, and he answered it with Legacy Education...
by Sara Hook | Feb 26, 2025 | Feature
Anything can be found at Walmart, and Beth and Wayne White knew that to be absolutely true. After all that’s where they found each other and nearly 30 years of love. It started as a blind date. Beth worked in night receiving at the Wards Road Walmart, spending the...
by Sara Hook | Feb 26, 2025 | Stories
Few marriages can boast five decades of experience, and the Norfields are some of the few. Even more impressive, they have a lifetime of friendship, beginning for Marilyn at the tender age of 3 when she met Derek at Sunday school. They grew up in the same town in...
