Appomattox News

The Appomattox slayings came up Tuesday in a House of Delegates debate about whether people should be able to renew their concealed-weapon permits by mail.

The debate continues about a proposed 'Jug Handle' interchange on Route 460 in Lynchburg by the Concord Turnpike.

Wal-Mart has opened a hiring center on Church Street in Appomattox in preparation for the opening of its store off U.S. 460.

The main suspect in a brutal shooting spree in Appomattox County may have already confessed to the killings.

It's the news many in Appomattox County have been waiting for. On Wednesday, the new Appomattox Walmart began accepting job applications.

An Appomattox County sheriff's investigator says in court papers that the suspect in last month's slayings of eight people confessed to all the killings.

Appomattox Co., VA - Exactly one month has passed since eight people lost their lives- in and around an Appomattox County home.

The General Assembly has 13 millionaires, according to Statements of Economic Interests that the legislators filed during the opening week of the session.

Appomattox Co., VA - One high school student is doing everything in her power to make sure her friends are not forgotten.

It happened at the Shell station right off Route 460 Business, Confederate Boulevard.

Before eight people were killed on Snapps Mill Road in Appomattox County on Jan.

Volunteer Fire Departments near Appomattox served stew as a fundraiser for one of the victims at the Pamplin Volunteer Fire Department.

Appomattox Co., VA - High winds, and more than likely heavy snow, are to blame for doing some major damage to an Appomattox gas station.

Campbell Co.: On Rt. 683 North in the County of Campbell, in the vicinity of Leesville Rd, motorists can expect potential delays due to a disabled vehicle.

A stew fundraiser is being held Saturday to help assist the family of one of eight people killing in a mass shooting in Appomattox County last month.

Longtime Civil War historian Chris Calkins began looking for the lost battlefield of Appomattox Station in the early 1970s.

The 2010 session of the General Assembly is now almost two weeks old and answers to the issues that we face remain distant.

The Spout Spring man believed to be responsible for the worst mass killing in the state since the Virginia Tech massacre is not likely to have his sanity evaluated until after his charges are heard together in Appomattox County Circuit Court, one of his defense lawyers said Friday.

The man charged with murdering his sister and suspected in the deaths of seven others found at his home last week has hired two Roanoke-based lawyers, Appomattox County Commonwealth's Attorney ... FULL STORY FROM LOCAL NEWS FROM RICHMOND-TIMES DISPATCH>>

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