A new fundraising gala will raise money for children’s mental health in Appomattox and the Lynchburg region. The Next Chapter Mental Health Gala will be held on March 7 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the ...

Virginia lawmakers leave Richmond without budget; special session set for April 23 Even though the 2026 legislative session ended on Saturday, Virginia lawmakers left Richmond without passing a state ...

It is late August, at the time of day when the air in New Orleans is heavy, hard to take in and harder to let out. You press through your jog, feeling as though there’s a cloud in your chest. You run ...

APPOMATTOX CO., Va. – It was on this day 10 years ago the unimaginable happened in Appomattox County. An EF-3 Tornado touched down in Evergree, leveling homes, a church and leaving families picking up ...

A gravestone is seen in a wooded area in Prince George’s County, one of many others from a neglected cemetery at the site of the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, a ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Graveyard Simulator Graveyard Simulator is a simulation game focused on strategy, design, and moral choices as you transform an abandoned cemetery into a ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from The Bunny Graveyard: Chapter 2 – Terror in Carrot Town Terror in Carrot Town is the working title for Chapter 2 of the ...

During Halloween season, it’s not uncommon to see your neighbors’ front yards adorned with fake tombstones and ghosts. While some might refer to this as graveyard decor, others go with cemetery.

Maryland legislators are seeking answers for the backstory behind the recent discovery of over 230 Black children’s bodies found buried near a state-run facility. As previously reported by theGrio, ...

Nobody will ever know who really started it. It may well have been an obscure vaudeville comedian, after Appomattox or after Yorktown, who first used the joke during a desperate split week in ...

The war that could not end -- After surrender -- Emancipation at gunpoint -- The challenge of civil government -- Authority without arms -- The war in Washington -- A false peace -- Enfranchisement by ...

The final artillery shot of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s vanquished army boomed from the top of a small hill in the village of Appomattox Court House. In the early afternoon of April 9, 1865, ...