By Ray Reed, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Jan. 23--RICHMOND -- State legislators are interviewing four Lynchburg-area lawyers who want to be a judge and will recommend one of them to succeed Judge J. Samuel Johnston.

By Conor Reilly, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Mar.

By Jay Conley, The Roanoke Times, Va. Feb. 16--A teen's drowning in Lexington last summer has sparked the passage this week of a bill by the General Assembly that urges localities to warn against the dangers of low-head dams.

By Conor Reilly, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Feb. 16--RICHMOND -- A local lawmaker who helped craft a bill to deny in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants questioned a Senate panel's decision Thursday to kill the proposed law.

By Conor Reilly, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va. Jan. 31--RICHMOND -- A state measure that would expand efforts to preserve open space across Central Virginia unanimously passed the House of Delegates and will soon go in front of a Senate committee. Del.