The Amherst County School Board is already preparing to figure out the district’s next budget, setting a series of workshops and also planning to meet with legislators and county supervisors next month.

The Amherst Board of Supervisors sought public opinion Tuesday night on whether to allow wind turbines in the county, but delayed making any decisions.

AMHERST — The town of Amherst and Witco Inc., the operator of local Quik-E Foods stores, agreed Monday to pay a former town homeowner $75,000 to settle a lawsuit over a 2004 sewage backup.

An Amherst man was killed after four vehicles struck him as he tried to cross Interstate 581 Sunday, police said.

The biosolids monitor for Amherst County took issue Tuesday with the Board of Supervisors over its attempt to prevent the spreading of treated sludge on farmland near the Blue Ridge Railway Trail.

No matter who wins Amherst County’s District 2 Board of Supervisors race, the vote will result in the first female member elected to the board since the early 1990s.

A house was burglarized and set on fire in Amherst County this week, and a $1,000 reward is being offered for information, the county sheriff’s office said Friday.

Six Indian tribes in Virginia and the Lumbees of North Carolina yesterday took another step toward federal recognition, which would make them eligible for federal aid.

AMHERST — The attorney for a Madison Heights teenager being sued for the wrongful death of a toddler last year is asking for the case to be moved out of Amherst County due to media coverage.

Toilets were smashed and trash cans and signs were knocked over in a bout of vandalism at an Amherst County park Thursday night, authorities said.

The smell of barbecue wafted through the early morning air as an onslaught of more than 100 vehicles — including tractor-trailers, hot-rods and a school bus — paraded through the streets of Appomattox. The Saturday morning parade was the official kickoff to the 37th Historic Appomattox Railroad Festival, a two-day event now considered a tradition in the town.

Tim Pettingill, hiking the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia, is being accompanied by an unusual support crew and, serendipitously, has found that he is not alone as he hikes during a pause in his so-called normal life.

After months of debate, the Amherst County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted against adopting an ethics code at a work session Monday.

A wreck in Madison Heights on Friday afternoon sent an Amherst County Schools bus driver to the hospital as a precaution after a pickup truck collided with her bus, state police said.

AMHERST — Because of concerns over how its proposed language could affect interactions with county employees, the Amherst County Board of Supervisors did not pass a code of ethics Tuesday.