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 ...

AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – The 2023 General Election will be held on Nov. 7. You can find the results for Amherst County here. Here’s a breakdown of how the county voted in the Senate of Virginia ...

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. (WSET) — After a man from Amherst County has been missing for over a year, a community search group came together on Friday to try to find him. The Amherst County Sheriff's ...

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 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. (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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two girls reported as missing in Amherst County, Virginia, have been found safe. The girls – Aubrey Moss, 15, and Malorie Moss, 13 – were reported missing early Monday by their family.

On August 14, 2024, the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia announced the likely remains of Elsie Wiggington had been found and her husband is in custody in connection to the case.