John Jennings will be the first to tell you: "I like work," Jennings said. And he's done a lot of it in his life. 99 year old John Jennings served in the Battle of the Bulge (Credit: WSET) This year,...
MarilynAlley, 17, was in the prime of her life. "She loved soccer, she loved her cousins and her family, she loved growing plants and flowers," saidMarilyn's uncle,Andy Shields. The Radford High School senior dreamed big. She planned to go to...
In recent days, medical officials announced a medical breakthrough. They were able to perform surgery to transplant a modified pig heart into a man. The news comes amid a worldwide shortage of organs for transplants. RELATED:In 1st, US surgeons transplant...
If you've seen green meters around Lynchburg, they're not parking meters, they're caring meters. The meters give back to local non-profits in the Lynchburg area. Two Lynchburg residents, Peggy Nolley and Libby Fitzgerald, started the project "Change for Change" caring...
A man in Botetourt County says he is thankful for the help from a state trooper over the weekend. Nathan Harrison says he left the pool to go home and grab goggles for his nephew when his car broke down...
Last Thursday evening, Joshua Sanchez, Tyler MaGann, Greg Litchford and Rebecca Galbreath were at work at Lowe's on Timberlake Road. Galbreath was working on inventory in their back lot when she saw a man unresponsive on the ground. The four...
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- Being in the right place at the right time is what kept one Lynchburg woman alive. "I believe God puts people at the right place at the right times," Alexandria Chandelier Johnson, the woman who...
ALTAVISTA, Va. (WSET) -- A kayaking adventure took a scary turn over the weekend for one woman on the James River. Jackie Sligh says she and her family have taken a thousand trips on the river, but this one ended...