Amherst County

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Albemarle 54, Mountain View 51    Alleghany 66, Rockbridge County 52    Altavista 54, Appomattox 16    Bassett 53, Magna Vista 31    Battlefield 45, Broad Run 44    Bayside 80, Ocean Lakes 74    Bishop O'Connell 72, Archbishop Carroll,...

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Albemarle 54, Charlottesville 39    Amelia Academy 86, Richmond Christian 23    Bethel 54, Gloucester 30    Brunswick 72, Smithfield 44    C.D. Hylton 51, Heritage-Newport News 48    Cape Henry Collegiate 60, Poquoson 27    Collegiate-...

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Amelia Academy 71, Tidewater Academy 32    Amherst County 50, E.C. Glass 26    Bassett 46, Carroll County 35    Bell Co., Ky. 69, Lee High 35    Caroline 44, Colonial Beach 27    Centreville 72, Herndon 39    Deep Run 64, TJ-Richmond...

State police had to shut down a major road Wednesday to investigate a deadly accident.       Routes 501 and 130 were closed for an eight mile stretch in Amherst and Rockbridge counties. The highway was being used for a grand jury investigation....

We are learning more about what caused an explosion at an Amherst County shopping center. Investigators believe a vehicle hit a propane tank behind the AmbriarShoppingCenter. That created  a leak in the tank and started a fire. The fire then caused...

According to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office, 77 suspects have been arrested. Deputies are still trying to track down 32 other suspects. ------------------------------- More than 100 people in Amherst County got an unwelcome wake up call...

GIRLS BASKETBALL    Altavista 72, Gretna 27    Amelia County 60, Randolph Henry 44    Amherst County 58, Rockbridge County 44    Appomattox Regional 47, Windsor 25    Bayside 44, Tallwood 41    Bethel 80, Denbigh 9    Blessed Sacrament-Huguenot 63,...

An accident that shut down the Route 29 bypass in Amherst County for several hours Wednesday and resulted in two people being seriously hurt was caused by a driver that fell asleep, according to investigators. The crash happened around 3:40 p.m....

A Virginia prisoner who killed his cellmate and strangled another inmate in the state's highest security prisons, and vowed to keep killing unless put to death, will be executed in January. A Wise County judge on Tuesday set a Jan. 16 execution for 42-...

WEEK 2 SCORES           Amherst County 39, William Fleming 3  Woodbridge 27, Franklin County 7   E.C. Glass  17, Halifax County 6 Patrick Henry 35, Bassett 7   George Washington 41, Person, NC 7 Hidden Valley 10, William Byrd 0  Salem 34, Lord...

WEEK 9 SCORES   Franklin County            @        George Washington      7:00pm   Patrick Henry   @        Halifax County  7:00pm   Alleghany         @        Rockbridge County      7:00pm   Northside         @        William Byrd    7:00pm  ...

Tuesday was a damp but otherwise normal fall day across most of Amherst County, but the picture changed as you headed west. In mountain communities near the Blue Ridge Parkway, autumn leaves mixed with a blanket of winter white. "I don't like it!"...