Amherst News

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.

A judge on Wednesday certified to a grand jury the case of a former Amherst County official accused of inappropriate contact with a young girl.

A rare public event will unfold this month at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, an international center for artists in residence tucked into the pastoral Mt.

Having your film developed from special occasions or vacations you have taken should not be a difficult task.

Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office during the past week: - Petit larceny, Madison Square, Sept.

Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office during the past week: Petit larceny, North Coolwell Road, Aug.

When it comes to having a voice on whether sewage sludge can be spread in Amherst County, the Board of Supervisors has done just about all it can do.

Browse> Home / News / TIger Lily Plays To Benefit Blue Ridge Interfaith Ministries : 8.30.09 Photos By Diana Garland : A©2009 Tiger Lily performed Friday night over at Cardinal Point Winery to benefit BRIFM.

Amherst County Virginia has a few parks and lakes. You can use the parks to fish or just have a picnic with friends and family.

Completed applications go to: Amherst County Public Schools Office of the Superintendent P.O. Box 1257 Amherst, VA 24521 Amherst County Public Schools are not looking for a few good men; they're looking for good people of many kinds.

A former church building in the Town of Amherst would need to be demolished to make room for more county offices, according to one option a Lynchburg firm discussed last week with the Board of Supervisors.

The Amherst County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to discuss a letter today opposing the dumping, spreading or discharge of biosolids on land adjacent to the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail.

Browse> Home / News / State Agents & Nelson Sheriff Confiscate Illegal Gambliing Machines Friday Afternoon : 8.15.09 A©2009 www.nelsoncountylife.com : Nelson County Virginia Sheriff, David Brooks walks out of Little Texas Friday afternoon after state and local lawmen confiscated illegal gambling machines from the business in far Southern ...