Ground was broken Friday for a new regional jail in Madison Heights. The 380 bed complex will replace the current jails in Amherst and Appomattox Counties.

2: A male juvenile was charged with taking money from another's wallet at the high school.

Black Friday sales start the day after Thanksgiving in Amherst Virginia. . These sales start the holiday shopping for many people.

The Amherst County Public Library turns 45 today. Until I saw a headline in the weekly Amherst paper, I hadn't thought about the old library in years.

A Meals on Wheels program for Amherst and Nelson counties is seeking clients who could use a hot meal, as well as volunteers to help deliver them.

The town of Amherst and Witco, Inc., operator of local Quik-E Foods stores, have agreed to pay a former Amherst homeowner $75,000 to settle a lawsuit over a 2004 sewage backup.

Hundreds of historic Amherst County properties soon will be surveyed, many of which could be added to state and national registers of such structures.

Four people lost their lives in four separate weather-related traffic accidents in Virginia during this latest storm.

Three people died today in weather-related crashes across Virginia, state police said this afternoon.

Besides discussing a key comprehensive plan update, street lights, whether to install a new phone system and even consideration of an appeal of a $45 utility fee assessed against a flight attendant who was out of town, an unusual piece of business looms before the Amherst Town Council this week.

Amherst County will celebrate the 45th anniversary of its first library on Saturday, which was heralded back in the day with a 1,000-strong audience and 1,000 books checked out from among the 14,000 volumes.

A Massies Mill man is accused of passing bad money at businesses in Madison Heights.

The Amherst Town Council will conduct a public hearing next week on the proposed comprehensive plan, which would be a blueprint for growth and development.

Danger, be it real or imagined, pervaded the impending weekend as Amherst County High School students glanced out of curiosity, sometimes chuckling but nonetheless paying attention to the words on the black T-shirts that some of their classmates wore.

Republican Del. Ben Cline turned back a challenge from Madison Heights Democrat Jeff Price on Tuesday, winning his fifth term to represent a district that includes most of Amherst County.

They gaze curiously, approach slowly and nuzzle lovingly - dozens of miniature donkeys that have been raised and doted on behind a nondescript white-brick home beside U.S. 29 north of Amherst.

The attorney for a Madison Heights teenager being sued for the wrongful death of a toddler last year is asking for the case to be moved out of Amherst County due to media coverage.

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office is holding a fundraiser for the Amherst Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., program on Oct.

Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office during the past week: - Burglary, Kenmore Road, Sept.

Amherst, Va. athlete Anthony Rose continues to sit on a handful of offers. The 6-foot-3, 195-pounder hasn't made a visit to date this fall, but would like to in the near future.