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Good morning Lynchburg! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Major martial arts honors are coming to Lynchburg next July
  • How a Lynchburg midwife's legacy shapes Virginia maternity care today
  • Lynchburg's longtime ABC13 anchor earns a prestigious career honor

Also on today's calendar: COME FROM AWAY, Award-Winning Musical and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Warmer; a morning shower, with a high of 79 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 84, low: 60.
  • Wednesday: Very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!

📰 News we're reading

• DeKalb martial artist earns martial arts award (shawlocal.com) — Lynchburg will host the 2026 G.O.A.T. Honors Martial Arts Awards ceremony on July 25, where DeKalb martial artist and retired Army lieutenant colonel Brendan Wilson will receive a lifetime achievement honor. The award recognizes his decades of leadership, competition success, and teaching across martial arts, military service, writing, and education, bringing a high-profile gathering of martial artists to the city next summer.
   

• As rural maternity care shrinks, a nonprofit highlights midwives' role in Southwest Virginia (cardinalnews.org) — A new education campaign on midwifery in Southwest Virginia is spotlighting historic figures like Margaret Jones of Lynchburg, a formerly enslaved woman who became a respected regional midwife. As rural maternity units close and long drives to hospitals become common, advocates say expanding midwife services and insurance coverage could help fill dangerous care gaps for families across the state.
   

• Retired ABC13 anchor Noreen Turyn inducted into Silver Circle honor society (wset.com) — Longtime WSET ABC 13 anchor Noreen Turyn, who spent more than 36 years reporting and anchoring from Lynchburg, is being inducted into the prestigious Silver Circle honor society of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Her career of investigative work and community-focused storytelling in Central Virginia is being celebrated alongside other notable broadcasters at a ceremony in Maryland.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Forest

  • Liberty edges Rustburg in OT, JF and LCA cruise again, and more high school football recaps (newsadvance.com)
  • How we got here: BCPS school closures and redistricting (newsadvance.com)
  • Nelson County investigators reopen investigation into 2000 disappearance (wset.com)

Madison Heights

  • PHOTOS: A mighty fine time: Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival in Amherst County (newsadvance.com)
  • Lynchburg Macaroni KID Oct. 12-15; 16-18 Week Ahead & Weekend Guide (macaronikid.com)

Ok Lynchburg! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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