Amherst News

Members of the Village Garden Club once again surveyed the abundance of Town of Amherst homes festooned with yuletide decorations this year, on the evening of Dec.

Amherst, VA-Delegate Ben Cline, announced today that he will hold four Town Hall meetings in the 24th District prior to the start of the General Assembly on January 14, 2009.

Part of $43 million that the General Assembly approved for Central Virginia Training Center earlier this year should be used to provide smaller homes in the Amherst County area for some of the center's ...

An Amherst man who disappeared Monday night, was found early Wednesday morning. William Daniel Thomas,83 disappeared after leaving choir practice at Scott Zion Baptist Church on Galts Mill Road at about 7:20 ...

MORE DONATIONS BUT FEWER DONORS, AMHERST CENTER SAYS: Josh Brooks of Madison Heights, holds his daughter, Kaylee, as he and his mother, Loretta Gunter picked up food at the New Prospect Baptist Church Food Bank ...

An Amherst circuit judge on Wednesday sentenced convicted killer Timothy Wright Jr.

Chris Jessop threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Adrian Flemming and Broad Run ended Amherst County's 2-year reign in Group AA, Division 4 with a 13-0 in the VHSL championship Saturday.

Amherst County sheriff's deputies will be focusing on detecting, testing and arresting impaired drivers every weekend through the new year.

Two accidents in Amherst County on Tuesday afternoon tied up traffic and sent three area residents to Lynchburg General Hospital with minor injuries, according to State Police.

The Village Garden Club's annual Christmas decoration contest judging will be 5:30 to 9 p.m. Dec.

Amherst County sheriff's deputies have begun carrying Taser devices, which are used to deliver an incapacitating electric shock to suspects that commanders say will quickly end a fight before an arrestee or ...

Construction for Charlottesville's newest crown jewel, The Rivanna Resort & Golf Club, is well underway.

The Nelson County Sheriff's Office is currently conducting a search for a Lovingston man who they say ran from authorities as they were served him an arrest warrant this afternoon.

15 at 3 p.m. -Where: Mountainview Plaza, at 200 Richmond Highway - Info: For more information or to apply to the college, visit http://www.cv.cc.va.us After several years in the making, Central Virginia ...

Browse> Home / Top Story / VA Blue Ridge Railway Trail in Piney River : New Section Opens! Photos By Diana Garland : The ribbon is offically cut opening the latest section of VA Blue Ridge Railway Trail in ...

We want your stories! What was your voting experience like? What interactions have you had with the campaigns? Are you volunteering for a candidate? Have you received any last minute robocalls or campaign mail? ...

A Saturday afternoon blaze gutted an Amherst County house, leaving only part of the structure intact.

Amherst Co.,VA - The economy has many of us complaining about retirement savings and higher prices.

If you get close enough to John Grieser to ask him if that thing has a Hemi in it, you're probably going to get hit with a question of your own.

A man found guilty by a jury of first-degree murder earlier this month was in court Tuesday to face accusations that he beat a fellow inmate unconscious in August.