Madison Heights News

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.

Black Friday sales start the day after Thanksgiving in Amherst Virginia. . These sales start the holiday shopping for many people.

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.

This time of year starts many people thinking, "Where do I donate Christmas Gifts?" Places to drop off donated Christmas gifts include churches, organizations and stores.

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.

My friend Tim Hoden of Madison Heights shot this great eight-pointer Saturday morning while hunting in Franklin County.

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office is holding a fundraiser for the Amherst Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., program on Oct.

The 39th edition of the Amherst County Apple Harvest Festival is all day Saturday and on Sunday afternoon, featuring dozens of crafters, a variety of foods and apples galore, organizers say.

The attorney for a Madison Heights teenager being sued for the wrongful death of a toddler last year is asking for the case to be moved out of Amherst County due to media coverage.

In just 50 days, restaurants in Virginia go smoke-free. Governor Tim Kaine kicked-off the countdown at the Roanoke restaurant "Table 50." It's been smoke-free since opening three years ago.

A shotgun that played a part in a family's heartbreak is now in the hands of Lynchburg police, its owner hoping it will serve as a statement toward a continuing anti-violence campaign in the city.

Last month's retail numbers are out and many stores did better than expected. And with the holiday shopping season beginning soon, stores are going to be fighting for every customer's business.

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office says one of its deputies shot and killed a dog, while making a drug arrest.

Lots of government decision-makers have been regarding the latest consultant's study of ways to improve traffic flow on U.S. 29 as a curiosity rather than a concern.

After more than a year of waiting, the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Omarion Rose is finally seeing a new development.

A Madison Heights man was charged with causing a two-car crash Sunday afternoon that closed part of the intersection of Virginia 130 and U.S. 29 Business for about an hour.

Virginia State Police say an accident in Amherst County has sent six people to the hospital.

Several dozen people, most of them Campbell County residents, got their first close look Thursday at proposed changes in the U.S. 29 corridor from North Carolina to the Washington suburbs.

The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development met with Amherst County planners Monday afternoon to discuss the contract terms of a $1.1 million grant set to pay for the initial phases of the Old Madison Heights Revitalization Project.