Madison Heights News

Here's a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office from Dec.

A star football player's college scholarship evaporated after his marijuana arrest, the culmination of a yearlong undercover investigation by a deputy posing as a senior at the high school.

It was frightening night shift for a manager at an Amherst County convenience store.

Residents' efforts to spruce up and advocate for the Old Town Madison Heights neighborhood continued this year, the latest being signs erected to mark the area.

December 30, 2008 Robbery investigated at Madison Heights gas station A man is on the run after robbing a Madison Heights convenience store early Tuesday morning.

For the second day in a row, Central Virginia woke up this morning to temperatures nearing single digits.

A possible upgrade to U.S. 460 on Lynchburg's southeastern side fell victim to state funding cuts on Thursday.

Recycle Easy, a new curbside recycling enterprise, is ready to start operations in January.

The Amherst County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday released the identity of a man found dead off Lynch's Ferry Road in Madison Heights on Sunday.

December 16, 2008 Sheriff's office needs help locating missing Amherst County man We're told 83-year-old William Daniel Thomas of Dixie Airport Road, Madison Heights left choir practice from Scott Zion Church ...

A body was found in Madison Heights on Lynch's Ferry Road Sunday, authorities said.

Last week, about 200 supporters of the Virginia Alliance for Community rallied in Richmond, seeking to build support for their call for Virginia to abandon the Central Virginia Training Center.

After testing a sound measuring device from the Lynchburg Police Department on several power tools and loud music Tuesday, Amherst County officials hesitated to adopt a more restrictive noise ordinance.

Amherst County sheriff's deputies will be focusing on detecting, testing and arresting impaired drivers every weekend through the new year.

Two accidents in Amherst County on Tuesday afternoon tied up traffic and sent three area residents to Lynchburg General Hospital with minor injuries, according to State Police.

Fire destroyed a vacant mobile home and a van in Amherst County on Thursday night.

Reading the horticulture column submitted by Virginia Extension's Barbara Leach this week took me back to our own vole wars.

Amherst County deputies say three computers were stolen from a locked display case in the Madison Heights Wal-Mart on Saturday, November 22nd.

Amherst Co., VA - They say three people stole laptops from a local Walmart store and now the Amherst County Sheriff's Office needs your help tracking them down.

Here's a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office from Nov.