Justin Sales’ defense attorney asked to move locations due to pre-trial publicity. A judge ruled that Justin Sales will be ...

A brush fire burned four acres in a residential area in Madison Heights Saturday afternoon, according to officials.

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - An Amherst County judge is considering a motion by the defense for murder suspect Fred ...

Wiggington’s defense team believes the jail move was orchestrated to place Wiggington near the informant, so he would provide ...

An Amherst County man was killed and another county resident was badly injured in a single-vehicle wreck on March 13 in ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Plans to bring a solar farm to Amherst County are still in limbo after a public hearing at Thursday night's Planning Commission meeting. The company "Energix," who ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A man has been sent to a hospital with a possible gunshot wound in Amherst County. The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office and Amherst County Public Safety responded to ...

The Amherst County Commonwealth’s Attorney Office filed a motion Tuesday requesting a judge deny a change of venue request in the case of Justin Jay Sales, a New Hampshire prison inmate charged with ...

A Madison Heights man is dead from injuries in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Dixie Airport Road and South Amherst Highway in Amherst County ... according to Virginia State Police.

Two people in Amherst County Public Schools test positive for COVID-19 AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – School leaders in Amherst County announced Monday that two more people in the school system have ...

One person tests positive for COVID-19 at Amherst Elementary School AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – An individual at Amherst Elementary Schools has been diagnosed with coronavirus on Wednesday ...

Amherst Middle School recently captured the Tri-County Division II girls basketball title. Front from left, captains Mariellah Dart and Brynn Siska. Back from left, coach Ben Rodon, Sophie Cullen ...