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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 04:47 pm

Amherst County News

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13 hrs ago | Amherst New Era Progress

Crime Log - July 3, 2008

Jenkins is 5'9" tall and weighs 175'. He has brown eyes and black hair. Jenkins is wanted for failure to appear in court and was last known to live in the River View Road are of Madison Heights.

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Related Topix: Madison Heights, VA, Monroe, VA

Fri Jul 04, 2008

NewsAdvance.com

Amherst County firefighter accused of stealing gas

An Amherst County firefighter accused of using a fire station account to purchase gas for his personal vehicle is facing felony charges, according to authorities.

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Wed Jul 02, 2008

WSET

Many Question Toddler Death Outcome

A Madison Heights teen will pay a $500 fine for improper driving that prosecutors say killed a two-year-old. And some of you are asking why the family of Omarion Rose also wasn't charged.

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Related Topix: Madison Heights, VA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

WSET

Silby Guilty of Improper Driving

An Amherst County judge has found a woman not guilty of reckless driving, in connection to a toddler's death back in January.

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Related Topix: Madison Heights, VA

WSET-TV Lynchburg

Accused Driver Scheduled for Court

An Amherst County woman is scheduled to be in court Tuesday, facing a charge in connection with a toddler's death.

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Related Topix: Madison Heights, VA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Amherst New Era Progress

New money pulled into depot project

Efforts to restore Amherst's historic train station have received a $220,000 boost.

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Sat Jun 28, 2008

WSET

Miracle Dog Grows Too Big

A dog that beat incredible odds in Amherst County three years ago, is now facing another fight for his life.

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Thu Jun 26, 2008

Amherst New Era Progress

Fires damage county homes

A fire caused by a lightning strike temporarily displaced an Amherst County woman, and killed her two cats, on June 16.

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Related Topix: Amherst, VA

Tue Jun 24, 2008

WSET-TV Lynchburg

Prison Ministry on Lockdown

High prices at the pump aren't just affecting the cost of food. Now it seems that even ministries and religious groups are feeling the crunch.

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Sun Jun 22, 2008

Main Street Newspapers

Tobacco settlement funds to benefit RCS

Radford City Schools has been awarded a $55,963 grant from the Virginia Tobacco Settlement Foundation.

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Related Topix: Radford, VA

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Amherst New Era Progress

Student walked alternate route to diploma

Christy Hardy was among the 324 Amherst County students who walked out of the Vines Center at Liberty University two weeks ago with a high school diploma in hand.

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Wed Jun 18, 2008

WSLS

Man hurt in head-on crash in Amherst Co.

A Roseland man is in the hospital after a head-on collision between his sedan and a tractor-trailer Tuesday evening in Amherst County.

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Related Topix: Roseland, VA, Clifford, VA

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Amherst New Era Progress

School Board seats filled

The Amherst County Board of Supervisors made two appointments to the county's school board last week.

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Tue Jun 10, 2008

WSLS-TV Roanoke

Former Amherst Co. supervisor candidate indicted

Former Amherst County Board of Supervisors candidate Timothy Alan Beverly was indicted today on a charge of aggravated malicious wounding.

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Related Topix: Madison Heights, VA

Mon Jun 09, 2008

NewsAdvance.com

As gas prices increase, so do pump thefts

Carolyn Farmer remembers one person who pulled into the gas station that she manages, determined to steal a tank of gas.

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Related Topix: Campbell County, VA, Madison Heights, VA, Amherst, VA, Lynchburg, VA, Lynchburg Metro

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Amherst New Era Progress

Amherst County marriages as of June 6

The below list is gleaned from marriages confirmed by the Amherst County Circuit Court Clerk's Office between April 23 and June 6. Edwin Joseph Ogden to Katrina Gaynelle Childress on Feb.

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Related Topix: Amherst, VA, Madison Heights, VA

Fri Jun 06, 2008

NewsAdvance.com

Man gets life in Amherst murder

Before he was sentenced to life in prison Thursday, an admitted killer told Judge Michael Gamble that he had no remorse for murdering Michael Kent Jamerson.

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Related Topix: Amherst, VA, Campbell County, VA, Drugs

Thu Jun 05, 2008

WHSV

Valley Man Gets Life in Prison

A man from Augusta County will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a man near Lynchburg.

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Wed Jun 04, 2008

Amherst New Era Progress

County woman recognized for 25-year fight against Alzheimer's

When Edith Law started Central Virginia's chapter of the Alzheimer's Association more than 25 years ago, it was a kitchen table operation with no money and little support.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health

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