Amherst County News

Amherst Glebe Arts Response is collaborating with the Amherst County Museum, Amherst County Senior Programs, Centra's Fairmont Crossing and Scott Zion Church on a series of programs about African-American segregated schools in the county, as well as the school integration period of 1964 through the 1970s.

In front of an otherwise nondescript house in Monroe, spinning wheels and a colorful sign hint at what is inside the Sterling Peacock Gallery.

May 26, 2012 -- Five community members were honored Wednesday at the 45th annual Humanitarian Awards dinner of the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, Lynchburg Chapter.

A man was crushed and killed at the Greif paper mill in Amherst County on Wednesday, a company official said on Thursday.

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office says Mays was found in a traffic stop after getting tips from several viewers.

Amherst Co., VA Officials are looking for a man they say stole a laptop computer from Wal-Mart in April.

Liberty University wants to build a 128-foot dock and boat ramp on the James River near River Road in Madison Heights, and nearby residents oppose it.

Cary Payne, approved for a judgeship by the General Assembly, says he is leaving the best job he ever had as deputy commonwealth attorney in Amherst County.

Every year 400,000 cases of wine are grown, bottled and shipped in the Commonwealth, and much of it is happening right here in our own backyard.

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The Amherst County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man wanted in connection with two crimes in their county, and a probation violation in Campbell County.

Someone cost the Amherst area a substantial sum of money when they broke into an electrical substation at Glad Manufacturing last month, authorities say.

The Amherst County Lions Club's annual $10,000 Fundraiser Dinner Raffle will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 1. The event will be held at the Madison Heights Community Center, located at 424 Woody's Lake Road in Madison Heights.

Alarmed that the Amherst Board of Supervisors left the school district with a deficit that cost jobs, a new citizens group began forming Monday night.

Jenny Mortimore, of Amherst County, was recently welcomed into membership of the local Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, the society dedicated to promoting professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.

Amherst and Nelson counties, along with other localties, are having to adjust their budgets because of the high cost of fuel.

A Waynesboro man will spend two years on probation for participating in a scheme to steal tactical flashlights from the Virginia Army National Guard.

Sam Eggleston, a lawyer from Lovingston, will become a General District Court judge in the 24th Judicial District, which includes Lynchburg and the counties of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell and Nelson.

The James River at Holcomb Rock was holding steady at just under six feet. Then it more than doubled its depth in about seven hours, reaching nearly 14 and a half feet around 4:30 a.m. The graph above, created by the National Weather Service at 8:45 a.m., forecasts the river hitting 16.3 feet at Holcomb Rock before starting to drop .

Heavy rains have caused flooding that has closed numerous roads in Bedford, Botetourt, Rockbridge, Amherst, and Nelson Counties in Central Virginia.A Flooding and road closures are also reported in Western and Southwest Virginia in numerous locations including Roanoke, Franklin, and Henry Counties.A Parts of Virginia including Franklin County had ... (more)