Good morning, Lynchburg.

St. Jude Dream Home open houses start Saturday, Aug.

22 at 103 Runway Court in Lynchburg and run every weekend until Sept. 13 except Labor Day weekend. Visitors pay a $100 fee to tour the home and may win the house and a $10,000 Green Front Furniture shopping spree.

Student leaders at Liberty University helped 4,700 incoming students settle in by carrying boxes + easing move-in stress; more than 16,000 students call the campus home + classes begin Aug.

24.

Lynchburg City Schools revealed plans to lower chronic absenteeism during its August school board meeting by introducing weekly interventions this school year.

The district aims to boost attendance through these targeted measures, according to division leaders.

Abbey Johnston returns home as Lynchburg’s first woman deputy fire chief — with 22 years of fire and EMS experience, she begins leading the department where her career started and joins upcoming leadership changes.