Amherst News

AMHERST, Va. - A worker at a central Virginia paper mill has died after being crushed by a roll of paper.

Amherst Town Council member Paul Kilgore Jr. has filed papers to run for mayor in November.

Alarmed that the Amherst Board of Supervisors left the school district with a deficit that cost jobs, a new citizens group began forming Monday night.

Several people have submitted letters expressing interest in serving on the Amherst County School Board as one of the longtime members will depart and another seeks reappointment.

Someone cost the Amherst area a substantial sum of money when they broke into an electrical substation at Glad Manufacturing last month, authorities say.

Amherst and Nelson counties, along with other localties, are having to adjust their budgets because of the high cost of fuel.

The Humane Society of Amherst County has a rabies clinic scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the former animal shelter at 318 Shelter Lane, Amherst.

An Amherst County jury on Wednesday recommended a 12-year sentence for a man found guilty of molesting a girl who was at his home for a sleepover.

The Virginia State Police trooper hit by a car on the U.S. 29 bypass last week was released from the hospital Wednesday.

The pawnshop, known as Pawn Solutions and which has operated as a thrift and retail, is at 4116 South Amherst Highway, south of the Va.