Amherst County supervisors are divided over the performance of County Administrator Rodney Taylor, according to a vote taken earlier this month.

The new Central Virginia Community College branch in Amherst will open in January 2009 instead of this fall, according to college officials.

A Monday afternoon fire caused by a lightning strike temporarily displaced an Amherst County woman and killed her two cats.

Sweet Briar College’s attempts to restore a piece of Amherst County history got a boost recently when the school was awarded a $35,000 grant to advance development of what will become the Tusculum Institute.

AMHERST — Two of the three Baltimore men accused of robbing the Best Bet Mini Mart at gunpoint in January have pleaded guilty to charges of armed robbery and abduction in Amherst County Circuit Court. Everett White Jr. pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of robbery, five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, one count of attempted robbery, one count of abduction and one count of wearing a mask in public. His codefendant, Clarence Jerome Turner Jr., pleaded guilty to the same charges Friday morning.

Amherst County will have two new assistant superintendents July 1. The county school board approved the recommended candidates Thursday evening.

AMHERST—An Amherst County deputy’s son was denied bond Thursday on a first-degree murder charge.