Appomattox County News

Standing together in front of the class, fourth-grader Jaynell Jennings told her assigned partner exactly what she thought of him.

For the first time in several years, the Bedford Board of Supervisors adopted a fiscal budget Monday that increases local funding to the county's school system.

In a 3-2 vote Monday, the Appomattox County Board of Supervisors passed a budget that increases school funding, property taxes and staff salaries.

Norfolk Southern spokesman Robin Chapman said there were no injuries, no hazardous materials involved with the 26-car intermodal train.

The Appomattox County sheriff says that could have proven dangerous a few weekends ago when a shots fired call came over the radio.

Appomattox County School Board members unanimously approved a budget Thursday that contains spending cuts, raises for staff, and about $600,000 in expected additional money from county supervisors.

People in the town of Appomattox are hoping a TV show on the History Channel will save two Civil War cannons that are falling apart in courthouse square.

In a split decision Monday night, Appomattox County supervisors voted to add eight cents to the real estate tax rate.

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Appomattox County Commonwealth's Attorney Darrel Puckett said attorneys still are waiting for mental health experts appointed in the case to file reports about Christopher Speight's sanity.

The unemployment rate in the Lynchburg area dropped slightly in March to 6.5 percent, according to data from the Virginia Employment Commission.

School leaders made their case for $600,000 more in funding from county supervisors during a joint meeting of the Appomattox County School Board and Board of Supervisors Monday.