APPOMATTOX — In the coming days, the company that operates three natural gas pipelines through Appomattox expects to get federal approval to restore one of those lines to normal service.

One of three natural gas pipelines that run through Appomattox County may be in full operation at the end of the month, with the other two following in early 2009, according to company officials.

Preliminary findings by federal inspectors charged with investigating the rupture of a natural gas pipeline in Appomattox show some measure of metal loss near the failure, according to a corrective order issued last week to the company that operates the line.

Several acres on both sides of Virginia 26 just north of the town of Appomattox remain scorched ...

A fund has been set up to help one family whose home was destroyed in the pipeline explosion in Appomattox County last week.

Q. What is the pipeline?

“God, forgive me my sins!”

Officials could be months away from determining the exact cause of a natural gas pipeline rupture that sparked an explosion and devastating fireball in Appomattox on Sunday.

APPOMATTOX — When the pipelines carrying natural gas through Appomattox County are returned to full service, Larry Hjalmarson claims he’ll be confident enough to stand on top of them.

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.