Monroe News

President Barack Obama addressed the country Tuesday night about his plans of sending more troops to Afghanistan.

An Amherst County man immediately appealed a three-year jail sentence Monday after being convicted of exposing himself to local joggers and college students.

An archeological team from the College of William and Mary has nearly finished excavating portions of a former plaster mill on Depot Street in Amherst, beside railroad tracks and near the historic Amherst Milling Co.

Amherst Co., VA - Two households are living in fear after home invasions in separate parts of Amherst County.

Victoria Hamilton, a fifth-generation Monacan Indian Nation member, has lived on the same site beside High Peak Road near Monroe for her entire life, even after the structure was rebuilt after a 2004 lightning-strike fire.

An Amherst County man accused of multiple incidents of indecent exposure in Lynchburg was denied bond for the third time in two weeks Friday morning.

Incumbent Del. Ben Cline, R-Amherst, will serve his fifth term in the House of Delegates.

Virginia Tech Police have filed charges in an August case of indecent exposure in West Ambler Johnston Hall.

Police say 31-year-old Joel Wooldridge of Monroe went into the women's restroom of Tech's West Ambler Johnston dormitory back in August.

A man accused of exposing himself to female joggers and students was arrested Wednesday.

Lynchburg police have made an arrest in a string of indecent exposures. On Wednesday, LPD arrested Joel Michael Wooldridge, 38, of Monroe.

A Monroe woman was shaken up, but not badly injured after a wreck on U.S. 460 on Thursday afternoon that ended with her truck at the bottom of a 40-foot ravine, Lynchburg police said.

An Amherst County man is dead after a wreck on the Lynchburg Expressway early Friday evening, according to police.

An Amherst County man is dead after a motorcycle wreck in Bedford County this morning, according to Virginia State Police.

The Army's top seven drill sergeants will gather June 22-26 at Fort Monroe, Va., to compete for the title of 2009 Drill Sergeant of the Year.

Following another two-month hiatus, the band will push through 14 club and theater performances beginning Oct.

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Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office in the past week: - Property damage, North Vail Drive, April 24: A parked vehicle was damaged.