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Also on today's calendar: BIG LICK CONSPIRACY Comedy Improv Troupe and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Garden Club welcomes Hickman (pmg-va.com) — A Lynchburg daffodil expert, Dr. Janet Hickman, has cultivated more than 2,000 varieties in her local garden and is expanding the historic daffodil collection at Lynchburg's Old City Cemetery. Speaking to the Belmont Garden Club, she shared judging insights, national show experience, and even her own registered hybrid, inspiring members with practical tips and deep plant passion.
2. Lynchburg's Diamond Hill neighborhood is on its way to revitalization, one project at a time (cardinalnews.org) — Diamond Hill, one of Lynchburg's oldest neighborhoods, is seeing new life through a city-backed revitalization plan and small but visible projects like a colorful 12th Street mural and upgrades at Dunbar Middle School's community schoolyard. Residents, artists, and planners are working together on safer streets, better housing, and new businesses, while honoring the area's deep Black history and longtime community anchors. Funding will determine how quickly larger improvements roll out.
3. 56-year-old convicted of robbery and abduction of a juvenile in Lynchburg (wsls.com) — A Lynchburg jury has convicted 56-year-old Aubrey Eli Brown in connection with a 2023 robbery and abduction of a juvenile that began at a Rivermont Avenue gas station. The teen reported the incident to a school counselor, prompting an investigation that relied on interviews, surveillance video, and other evidence. Brown's sentencing date has not yet been set.
4. Lynchburg City Schools SOL scores decline in reading and math, stay below Virginia average (wset.com) — Lynchburg City Schools' latest SOL results show reading and math pass rates slipping slightly and remaining well below Virginia's statewide averages, while science holds steady but still lags. Local leaders call the trend concerning and urge a community-wide response, and LCS officials say they're reviewing the data and will share detailed plans for improvement after additional state accountability information arrives in October.
5. Virginia lottery player doubles down and walks away with $100K (shorenewsnetwork.com) — A Nelson County man scored a $100,000 Virginia Lottery win with twenty exact-order Pick 4 bets on the numbers 2-1-0-4, all purchased at Justis Convenient Store on 12th Street in Lynchburg. He plans to pay bills and save the rest, while lottery proceeds continue supporting K–12 education in Nelson County and across Virginia. The winner chose to remain anonymous, as state law allows.
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