Amherst County News

Members of the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority, along with a number of local officials, gathered Friday for the official groundbreaking of the Amherst County Adult Detention Center in Madison Heights.

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.

An Amherst County man was killed along Va. 56 in Nelson County last week when he was hit by a tractor-trailer truck carrying logs.

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.

The Amherst County School Board is already preparing to figure out the district's next budget, setting a series of workshops and also planning to meet with legislators and county supervisors next month.

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.

If you're starting to make your Thanksgiving grocery list, there is good news. A new survey shows a basic meal will cost Virginians less this holiday.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida wound up their soaking of Virginia on Friday, leaving the James River above flood level.

An Amherst County man was killed along Route 56 in Nelson County Thursday when he was hit by a tractor-trailer carrying logs.

An Amherst County man was killed along Route 56 in Nelson County early today when he was hit by a tractor-trailer carrying logs.

Two teens have been charged in connection with the vandalism of an Amherst County park last month, Sheriff's Office Lt.

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 was arrested and charged with passing forged money at several Madison Heights businesses.

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.

Amherst Co., VA - State Police and local authorities need help finding a convicted sex offender who they consider dangerous.

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.

Del. Shannon Valentine conceded the Lynchburg House of Delegates seat to Republican Scott Garrett on Wednesday after a canvass of the votes showed little change in Garrett's slim lead in their race Tuesday.

The long journey on the road to federal recognition of Virginia's Indian tribes may be nearing its end.

Voting may go a little faster Tuesday because electronic poll books will be used to check voters into the polls.

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.