Williams Gas Co. representatives will hold a second meeting with residents at 7 p.m. tonight at Appomattox County High School’s auditorium.

Just minutes after a massive gas pipeline explosion rocked Appomattox County on Sunday morning, volunteers from throughout the area began pouring in to help wherever possible.

APPOMATTOX — More than a day after a natural gas pipeline explosion destroyed two homes and injured five people, nearby residents expressed concern that two pipelines are still flowing gas through their community.

One of the first things Junior Bryant thought when he heard an explosive roar early Sunday morning was that a plane was crashing into his house.

Most Appomattox residents who were evacuated from their homes after Sunday’s gas pipeline explosion have been allowed to return, county officials said today.

APPOMATTOX — The first indication of trouble came in the form of a small grass fire Sunday morning. Appomattox County Deputy John Mattox was patrolling rural Log Cabin Road just north of the town of Appomattox when he noticed thin smoke. Then came an explosion that blew dirt and debris into the air.

Unleashing a new triple-option offense implemented by first-year coach Ben Martin, a former assistant at Amherst, Appomattox’s football team passed its first test, beating Buckingham 26-6 Friday night at home despite passing the ball just three times.

The ins and outs of No Child Left Behind can be dizzying for parents and educators alike.
Each year 29 benchmarks must be met, each year pass rates get higher and each year schools that do not meet even one benchmark by a slim margin can be labeled as not making Adequate Yearly Progress.

Consumers drive the American economy. So how are they doing behind the wheel in Central Virginia?
A look at taxable sales in the Lynchburg region during the first six months of this year show that Region 2000 is faring better than the state as a whole.

A unified council agreed that the nation reunited in the town of Appomattox. On Monday, Town Council members unanimously accepted a design for new welcome signs bearing the slogan, “Appomattox, Where Our Nation Reunited,” which is shared with signs marking Appomattox County limits.

Officials at Virginia’s Region 2000 partnership are keeping an eye on where high-speed Internet access is available.

A recently released state water quality report designates 45 Lynchburg area streams and lakes as impaired — most because they contain too much E. coli. The report adds more than 1,600 miles of streams and rivers throughout the state to the impaired list, but that’s mostly because more waterways — 16,191 miles, or 31 percent, of all state waters — were assessed.