Fans heading out to the Vines Center this season can expect to see plenty of new faces on the men’s basketball team. The Flames welcome six new players to the team this season with the addition of five freshmen and one redshirt junior. Liberty will still have plenty of experience to help the newcomers adjust to the college environment. Junior […]
Read moreWith nine weeks behind football fans in NFL play, things have changed quite a bit from the preseason predictions. There have been plenty of disappointments, several surprises and lots upset fantasy team owners. Disappointments Dallas Cowboys: The Cowboys were one of the several teams that experts said would head to the Super Bowl. The Cowboys will be watching the Super […]
Read moreThe Supreme Court on Nov. 2 debated the state of California’s controversial 2005 video game law. The law, which bans the sale of violent video games to minors, has never gone into effect. The video game industry sued, citing violation of the First Amendment, and the 9th circuit appellate court overturned the law in 2009. Now, California is appealing the […]
Read moreSENATE The Democratic Party was able to stake its claim in the Senate by allowing the Republican Party only an additional six seats. The Democratic Party currently holds 53 seats, with the Republican Party holding 46 seats and Independent candidates holding two seats. The Senate will have the power to adjust the House vote on matters that disagree with President […]
Read moreAt the kick-off event for Military Emphasis Week, current and former servicemen and women were honored for the sacrifices they have made. On Friday, November 5, the Liberty chapter of Concerned Women for America (CWA) hosted a Military Appreciation Formal Dessert Banquet. The event was held in the club level located in the new Williams Stadium. CWA is the nation’s […]
Read moreEvery year members of the Air Force compete for a prestigious award known as the Airman of the Year award. Liberty student Airman First Class (A1C) Ariel Ruffin recently received this honor for the 192nd Mission Support Group, a subdivision of Virginia’s 192nd Security Forces Squadron.
Read moreA team of women led nine young delinquents to Christ, including the 13-year-old charged with the murder of 81-year-old George Baker III. Jodie Walton with the Center for Multicultural Enrichment said a Bridging the Gap urban ministry team visited the Lynchburg Regional Juvenile Detention Center on Monday, Oct. 25 with members of Thomas Road Baptist Church (TRBC) witnessing team to evangelize to young inmates.
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Missionary kid Specialist (SPC) Gabriel Homer has lived in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but he missed the mountains from his college home the most while he was in Iraq with the 1-116th Infantry Battalion.
Read moreEvery year, Americans lose and then subsequently regain an hour of their lives in the nationwide farce known as daylight saving time (DST). Originally implemented in 1918 as an effort to conserve resources during World War I, DST was repealed the next year and then taken up again during World War II, according to the California Energy Commission. It was […]
Read moreWith Halloween over, consumers begin to turn their attention (and wallets) to the next annual holiday festivity. However, the standard Christmas discounts will be coming even earlier this year. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has traditionally been the start to the Christmas shopping season. Going against tradition, many retailers have begun to offer sales as early as October, causing […]
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More than 4,000 Christian leaders from around the world gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, for the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelism, Oct. 16-25. They discussed the critical issues facing the church today, such as other world faiths, poverty, HIV/AIDS and persecution […]
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Liberty University students will get a chance to sound off on a proposed plan to build a pedestrian bridge over Wards Road. Liberty and Lynchburg officials will survey students in the coming weeks to gauge interest in a bridge. The officials met last Friday to discuss plans to make crossing Wards Road safer for pedestrians. “We want to make sure […]
Read moreLynchburg Regional Airport leaders are scrambling to convince Delta Air Lines to reconsider its plans to pull out of the city in January. City Manager Kimball Payne said the city is also targeting other airlines that would provide […]
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“Duty, honor, country,” cadet Melissa Knox said. “For Liberty, though, we add a fourth focus — our faith.” Without hesitation this was Knox’s response to the question, “What is the basic principle of the Army ROTC program?” According to Knox, the most common misconception about soldiers is that they are just trained and paid killers. With the media reporting less-than-flattering stories about soldiers, small non-military-based towns such as Lynchburg tend to get the wrong impression, Knox said.
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The line wrapped around the block in the chilly November air, waiting for the Schilling Center doors to open for the Tenth Avenue North Concert Saturday night. The concert opened with Matt Maher and worship band Addison Road. Maher played hit worship songs such as “Alive Again” and “Hold Us Together.” During an intermission, Tenth Avenue North band members spoke to the crowd about raising awareness for global sex slavery as well as sponsoring children in poverty all over the world.
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