James Lee Horsmon, 47, was sentenced May 28, 2025 on charges of abduction, forcible sodomy and assault and battery.

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — The Amherst County Health Department has received confirmation that a fox tested positive for ...

A judge ruled that a gun allegedly used in the 2019 murder of 92-year-old Doris Puleio in Amherst County is admissible in court in a pre-trial hearing Friday.

Officials from around the Commonwealth are responding after many localities in Virginia were listed as sanctuary ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – The 2024 General Election will be held on Nov. 5. You can find results for Amherst County here. Here’s a breakdown of how the county voted in the Presidential ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — Virginia State Police confirmed Monday that the remains of Chad Austin have been found. Its team is now taking over the investigation, which is being treated as a ...

The Monelison Volunteer Fire Department's Claude Esposito looks back on 50 years of volunteering for the Madison Heights ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Mill Creek Lake in Amherst County is once again safe for swimming, according to the Central Virginia Health District. The district reports receiving results from ...

From Amherst County (Virginia) ordinance No. 2015-0004 (enacted May 19, 2015): The County issues business licenses for the privilege of doing business or exercising a trade, profession ...

The Amherst County Sheriff’s Office is grateful that a deputy is okay after being hit by a motorist during a traffic stop on May 9. The sheriff said that around 7 p.m. on Friday, a deputy was in their ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police is investigating after an Amherst County deputy shot a woman on Tuesday night. At about 7:40 p.m., deputies responded to a home in the 100 block of ...

Amherst County recently completed one of the largest industrial shell ... the next-to-highest level in Virginia’s scale of industrial site readiness, and the other property at Tier 3. Work at the ...