Copeland, Martin combine for 45 to beat #9 Summertown on Saturday

January 29, 2024January 29, 2024

On Saturday, Alex Copeland scored 27 – including two at the line with seconds remaining – to seal Moore County’s 66-62 win over the #9 Class 2A team in the state, Summertown.

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boys basketball, Raiders, Summertown

February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: An Interview with Nearest Green descendant and the first Black Miss Lynchburg winner, Eccho Staples

To celebrate Black History Month, we interviewed the great-great-great granddaughter of Nearest Green about her making a bit of her own history as the first Black girl to win the Miss Lynchburg pageant.

March 29, 2024March 29, 2024

Lynchburg man arrested for suspected psychedelic mushroom grow operation

A Lynchburg man called local authorities to report a burglary early Thursday morning, and wound up in cuffs himself after deputies discovered a large psychedelic mushroom grow operation in his home.

June 15, 2025June 17, 2025

Resuscitated Democratic Party Seeks New Chair

In a super conservative small town in a super majority Republican state, a dozen locals gathered on Saturday in a basement with blue cupcakes to name a new chairperson for the Moore County Democratic Party. They left empty handed.