A forensics camp sponsored by the Amherst County Education Foundation and D.A.R.E. program was held at Amherst County High School last week.

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

The rails of the James River Foot Bridge near Snowden are a frequent jumping point for thrill-seekers.

The swirls and the colors seem completely abstract at first, but the artist answered correctly when asked to name the painting.

Amherst County supervisors are divided over the performance of County Administrator Rodney Taylor, according to a vote taken earlier this month.

Sweet Briar College’s attempts to restore a piece of Amherst County history got a boost recently when the school was awarded a $35,000 grant to advance development of what will become the Tusculum Institute.

Two of the three Baltimore men accused of robbing the Best Bet Mini Mart at gunpoint in January have pleaded guilty to charges of armed robbery and abduction in Amherst County Circuit Court.

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.

The new Central Virginia Community College branch in Amherst will open in January 2009 instead of this fall, according to college officials.

Amherst County officials are trying to get an exemption to a section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that requires reporting each instance of a voting change to the Department of Justice.

A county man who lit a fire last summer that destroyed his ex-girlfriend’s double-wide trailer was sentenced to serve five years in prison on June 11.

AMHERST—An Amherst County deputy’s son was denied bond Thursday on a first-degree murder charge.

Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Church recently celebrated its 150th birthday. 

If Lee Cobb were Obi Wan Kenobi, Bryan David would consider himself Luke Skywalker.

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

Amherst County residents can now pay public utility bills with credit or debit cards.

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

An admitted killer Thursday told Judge Michael Gamble that he had no remorse for murder-ing Michael Kent Jamerson before being sentenced to life in prison.

Monelison Middle School student Samantha Mihalik squared off against the nation’s top spellers Thursday in the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee, but did not qualify for quarterfinals. Could you?

Well, rising gas prices and Hustler magazine have at least one thing in common – an elementary school teacher in Nelson County.

A train derailment in Amherst County on the afternoon of May 27 banged up about 30 coal cars near the Walkers Ford area.

Leigh Allen listens to whatever he wants to on the radio these days. That’s a perk of being the new postmaster in Clifford where Allen’s mostly one-man show serves the rural clientele.