Louisa News

Four Virginia men are headed to prison as the result of a crackdown on people who possess and distribute child pornography.

Louisa's two tested incumbents have held on to their seats, but a coup has taken place in Fluvanna, and two of Orange County's five supervisors have been unseated, according to unofficial results reported by voter registrars and the state board of elections.

Virginia Omohundro Purcell, age 88, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. She was born in Chester, Pa., raised in Fork Union and lived most of her life in Louisa County.

Louisa dentist John Andre will pay cash for trick-or-treaters' extra Halloween candy next week, then he'll send all the chocolate and chewy treats to soldiers in Iraq.

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Louisa County firefighters have saved a century-old home from being destroyed by flames.

People from across the region lined up Tuesday in Louisa County to get their swine flu vaccinations.

Dominion Virginia Power shut down one of its two nuclear reactors at its North Anna power station Friday because of what the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission later deemed "an unusual event." Unit 1 remained shut down this morning.

Bessie Robinson Johnson, 83, of Louisa County died Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at Louisa Health Care Center.

The Louisa County woman charged with hiding her boyfriend's body in a well pleaded guilty yesterday to four felony charges.

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Fall fire season is in full effect as two fires within the same week have brought multiple departments on scene.

Mary Hester "Lois" Collins, 87, of Louisa County passed away Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009.

Accusations of voter fraud might be made elsewhere in Virginia after two people were indicted in Louisa County in connection with the 2008 presidential election.

Justice delayed was not justice denied yesterday for a Louisa County man accused of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl nearly 30 years ago.

A Louisa County man who pleaded guilty to distributing a powerful opiate pain reliever to one of his housemates was acquitted of felony murder yesterday in her 2007 drug-overdose death.

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The town of Louisa is holding a dedication ceremony at 1 p.m. Friday to celebrate the completion of the Phase One Downtown Improvements Project.

The following people were indicted recently by a Fredericksburg grand jury: Michael Andrew Allen, District Heights, Md., two counts of credit card larceny, two counts of credit card fraud, five counts of credit card forgery, attempted credit card forgery and conspiracy.

Thursday, a Louisa County woman was indicted on three felony counts of voter fraud in connection with the 2008 presidential election.