A month-by-month recap of news in Amherst County in a year featuring a busy local election, kickoff of a renovation to the high school and a much talked about murder case coming back to Amherst.
An Amherst man is charged with murder in connection with a July 14 homicide that resulted in an elderly woman s death, the Amherst County Sheriff s Office announced Friday.
A Buckingham County man is accused of first-degree murder and two others are facing felony homicide charges in connection with a Jan. 19 killing in Amherst County, the county sheriff s office announced Wednesday.
A murder charge is expected to soon be filed against an Amherst man who was arrested in connection with an elderly woman s death in July, a prosecutor said Tuesday during a hearing in Amherst General District Court.
A judge certified a felony charge of involuntary aggravated manslaughter against a Washington, D.C. man accused of driving under the influence in a crash that killed his sister and seriously