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 Wesley Bryant | May 15, 2025 | Stories
WHEN YOU choose a locally owned business over a national chain, you’re not just spending your money, you’re planting it. And the roots of that investment reach deep. Every dollar counts, and it lifts our neighbors. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 68 cents...
by Wesley Bryant | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
A STUDENT IN our community today will walk the halls of Congress with a pinned American flag on their chest. A student in our community today will pray their knees still hold when their nerves get the best of them as they walk the steps to the stage to accept a...
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 Tina Neeley | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
HOW DO you measure the profound impact of a life dedicated to quietly observing, listening, and meeting the needs of others? Avonlea Laurel Ellen Wilmer’s life touched countless lives, as reflected in her genuine smile and the smile she put on others’ faces. “She was...
by Gabriel Huff | Apr 17, 2025 | Stories
FLYING FOR love. Fighting for peace. Dying for freedom. Thirty thousand members of the U.S. Army Air Forces died while taking on this call of duty when flying from Britain during World War II. More than a century of war altered the lives of many people, left tens of...
