Amherst County

16 months after a deadly plane crash in Amherst County, the National Transportation Safety Board has ruled on the probable cause. Pilot John Milhous and passenger Carl Weber died on August 21, 2010. The small airplane they were flying, a light aircraft...

We're learning more details about a hiker found murdered along the Appalachian Trial in Amherst County last June. At a news conference in Amherst Monday, FBI Investigators revealed that Scott Lilly was suffocated.  They're not saying whether Lilly was...

Tuesday will bring two Republican primaries in Central and Western Virginia: elections in the 21st Senate District that stretches from Roanoke to Giles County, and the new 22nd Senate District that runs from Lynchburg and Amherst County all the way to the...

       The high school football season kicks off Friday night across Central and Southwest Virginia.  We'll have highlights from 16 games on week one of Friday Football Extra.      The big one on the schedule takes place at Northside where the Vikings...

One of the best and most enjoyable ways to get some exercise and enjoy the great outdoors of southwest Virginia is to take a hike. Several groups of the Appalachian Trail Club (ATC), including ones in Roanoke and Lynchburg, offer weekly hikes on the AT...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to identify and locate several hikers who may have had contact with Scott Lilly. These individuals go by the following trail names: "Mr. Coffee" "White Wolf" "Papa Smurf" "Combat Gizmo" and "Space Cadet"...

State Police have released more information about an officer involved shooting that happened late Monday in Nelson County. The shooting happened on Davis Creek Road, just north of Lovingston.  Lt. Joe Radar says two Amherst County deputies were doing...

Health officials are reporting another confirmed case of rabies in our area. Animal control officers say a wild fox attacked a woman in the Pedlar area of Amherst County this week. Test results confirm the animal was rabid, according to Lt. Greg...

Seven people went to the hospital Tuesday following an accident in Amherst County. Emmanuel Brown was driving a van on Route 29 (Madison Heights Bypass) near Izaak Walton Road Tuesday afternoon when he lost control and flipped several times, according...

AMHERST, Va. (AP) — A woman turned a few heads when she walked into a rural Virginia courthouse with a tiny monkey clad in a pink-and-white dress tucked in her bra. The woman brought the palm-sized marmoset to Amherst County Courthouse on Thursday...

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office is trying to locate two men accused of stealing property from a car in the Madison Heights Wal-Mart parking lot.  According to the sheriff's office, two males stole a number of legal documents and personal property...

A few local families spent their New Year in the delivery room. Kaylee Massie was Lynchburg's first baby of 2011. She arrived at 12:03 a.m. at Virginia Baptist Hospital, weighing in at 10 pounds 13 ounces. Mom Janet Massie says the family wasn't...