Students registered to vote in Lynchburg will make their voices heard on Election Day, Nov. 8. The Liberty Champion compiled a short interview with each candidate for Lynchburg City Council. The Champion asked candidates to submit a short bio and photograph. The candidates were also given identical questions and a word count for their answers. The opinions expressed within these […]
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It’s been 17 years since Gandalf has last visited the Shire. Bilbo Baggins has already disappeared in a spectacular fashion during his 111th birthday party, and his nephew Frodo is now becoming restless for adventure. He has taken to looking at maps, but these show nothing but blank, empty spaces in the lands beyond his comfortable life with the hobbits […]
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Travel + Leisure magazine has named the city of Lynchburg among its top 25 college towns and cities, recognizing the little gem in Central Virginia for its location and positive environment. According to the magazine, there are nearly 4,000 degree-granting higher education institutions in the nation, and Lynchburg ranks in the top 25. The city was recognized among other notable […]
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It’s spooky season at Liberty University, and Scaremare is back in town to bring the Lynchburg area a haunted experience combined with a redemptive gospel message. The Rawlings School of Divinity hosted the event, and this opening weekend saw large crowds gather at 2300 Carroll Ave. to take part in the event. Put on hold due to COVID-19 for two […]
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William Byron had an up-and-down day in the desert, finishing in 13th place in the Round of Eight opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Oct. 16. Byron started the race in third, and he remained there for part of the first stage. However, his car faded as he dropped outside of the top five before the first pit stop. After […]
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The Liberty men’s soccer team dominated Oct. 11 in a 4-0 win over VMI after finishing with four draws in its last six matches. It didn’t take long for Liberty to get things going, with Marko Mitrevski scoring four minutes into the match to give the Flames an early 1-0 lead. Soon after, in the 26th minute, Seth Clark followed […]
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Earning more honors and breaking more records than some do their entire college careers, the sophomore and Columbia native Maria Juliana Parra Romero is making a name for herself in the United States. Prior to coming to Liberty University’s tennis program, Romero reached No. 1 in Colombia’s junior tennis rankings. The success didn’t end there. Parra Romero was the first […]
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The Lady Flames women’s volleyball team bounced back at Liberty Arena on Sunday, Oct. 16, after a recent conference loss to Jacksonville to hold on and defeat the North Florida Ospreys, 3-2. After a convincing 25-12 win in the first set, the Flames’ lead quickly evaporated as North Florida proceeded to win the next two sets, 17-25 and 21-25, […]
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The Lady Flames women’s volleyball team bounced back at Liberty Arena on Sunday, Oct. 16, after a recent conference loss to Jacksonville to hold on and defeat the North Florida Ospreys, 3-2. After a convincing 25-12 win in the first set, the Flames’ lead quickly evaporated as North Florida proceeded to win the next two sets, 17-25 and 21-25, […]
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Chris Kerr, the director of sports performance for club sports, wants nothing more than to hear the words “well done, good and faithful servant” when he enters heaven’s gates. In many ways, the New Jersey native lives like a servant day-to-day for the Liberty hockey programs. In his role as director of sports performance, he works daily with athletes to […]
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The reigning ACHA D2 men’s national champion University of Mary Marauders came to town from Bismarck, North Dakota, to visit the Liberty men’s D2 hockey team for a two-game series Oct. 14-15. The Flames entered the series 8-1, with their only loss handed to them by the Marauders just two weeks prior. Now, on home ice, the Flames would look […]
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It was a rocky trip for the Liberty men’s division 1 hockey team, as it skated away 1-3 from a pair of two-game series against the best of the ACHA. After a stellar 4-0 start to the season, the Flames embarked on their stiffest journey yet, traveling up north to take on No. 4 Minot State and No. 3 Adrian […]
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Another quarterback change, a crowd of nearly 21,000 and six combined turnovers all factored into Liberty squeaking out a 21-20 victory over Gardner-Webb on Homecoming Weekend. The Flames edged out the Runnin’ Bulldogs in front of an announced attendance of 20,924 — the fourth-largest crowd in Williams Stadium history and the largest since No. 22 Syracuse came to Lynchburg Aug. […]
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The Lord of the Rings franchise received its long-awaited prequel TV installment on Sept. 1 on Amazon Prime Video. The result, however, is a Second Age Middle-earth story with borrowed and original content sure to satisfy some viewers but disappoint others. New fans of the franchise will see that “The Rings of Power” is a directionless conglomerate of high fantasy […]
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Liberty University’s School of Business will host its second CEO Summit Oct. 5-7 when leaders from around the world come to Liberty to unite in their shared goal of transforming the world through Judeo-Christian business practices. This year, 630 guest speakers have signed up. Some of the keynote speakers include former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Kevin Roberts, Virginia’s […]
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