Appomattox County High School’s backyard sounds like a barnyard.

Incumbent Sam Carter and Jerry Small came out on top in the two contested races for the Appomattox County Board of Supervisors.

The town of Pamplin in Appomattox County received more than $1 million in federal funds to build a public sewer system, a news release issued by Congressman Tom Perriello’s office stated Monday.

The Farmers Bank of Appomattox plans to buy a branch in Farmville from StellarOne Bank.

An Appomattox man will spend 15 years in prison for taking indecent photographs and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl.

A former Appomattox County social services employee will serve more than a year in prison on charges she forged checks drawn from the state agency’s accounts.

Planning and design work for the U.S. 460 water line in Appomattox County is steaming along as supervisors this week approved land purchases for the 7.5-mile project.

Over shrimp cocktails and steak dinners, Appomattox officials and personnel from Williams Gas Pipeline sat down to talk about lessons learned in the aftermath of the pipeline rupture and subsequent explosion that rocked the tight-knit community.

The Spout Spring Ruritan Club has made an offer to Appomattox County it can’t refuse: let the group raise money for the next big project at the county park, and build it.

Appomattox Town Council wants to have a face-to-face meeting by Sept. 15 with county supervisors regarding the U.S. 460 water line. Additionally, council unanimously agreed Monday on six key points it wants to discuss with supervisors.

Appomattox County supervisors said Tuesday that they will sign a contract to purchase water from Campbell County Utilities and Services Authority.

APPOMATTOX — The head of the Museum of the Confederacy wanted to talk privately with Appomattox County supervisors Monday night about aspects of a plan to build a satellite museum in Appomattox, but the board declined.

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Appomattox Town Council has responded to a year-old county water line offer by attempting to open a dialogue.

Appomattox County supervisors changed their minds this week on whether to allocate money in the fiscal year 2010 budget for an economic development director.