"We got dominated [Monday]," new Nelson coach Darrin McKenzie said. "We didn't like that feeling and we weren't gonna let it happen again."
Lynchburg-area school divisions grapple with learning loss, increase in failing grades amid pandemic
School divisions across the nation are seeing an increase in failure rates as remote learning has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, a…
After a long wait for the pandemic-altered season, William Campbell spoiled Darrin McKenzie's head coaching debut for the Nelson County Govern…
Almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, a new group called "Stop the Virus" composed of Nelson County residents is fighting to halt the spre…
Virginia has reported nearly 1,600 COVID deaths in past 10 days. Most are from December and January.
Three months after Thanksgiving, the first holiday to spark a surge that would culminate in an increase of nearly 10,000 cases in a single day…
The Nelson County Planning Commission in a split 4-1 vote deferred a special use permit application to construct a banquet hall in the county'…
The county has retained Daleville-based Wampler-Eanes Appraisal Group Ltd. to perform Nelson's 2022 General Reassessment, effective Jan. 1, 2022.
Nelson County Sheriff's Office calls from Feb 16 to 21
The Nelson County Planning Commission during its Feb. 24 meeting unanimously set a public hearing currently planned for March for a batch of c…
Well, folks, it’s time for a little history lesson. In the late 1990s Democrat Bill Clinton actually had at least one year when the federal bu…
Our tabby cats Beth and Lynx look like perfect bookends when they sit side by side. Beth has been living at Almost Home for 11 years. She spen…
Roxy, a 1-year-old, 44-pound sweet American Pitbull Terrier is a little shy in new situations. She walks on leash, is crate trained and house …
For many pre-K through third grade students at Nelson County's elementary schools, it wasn't exactly a welcome back to school as they stepped …
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Virginia's General Assembly completed the work of a hybrid legislative session on Saturday that sought to transform Virginia's criminal justic…
Although students will begin returning to the classroom classroom March 1, repeated delays to get to that point have left some with mounting f…
Nelson County Public Schools is pushing ahead with its March 1 transition to hybrid learning just months ahead of when the division will close…
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Expanding high-speed broadband service in Amherst County has been a hot topic for more than a decade and efforts recently picked up speed in r…
Dozens of Nelson County's migrant farm workers and other essential farm workers received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine over the wee…
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Nelson County Sheriff's Office calls from Feb. 8 to 14.
Hundreds of American flags dotted the front lawn of Grace Episcopal Church on Tuesday, a solemn reminder in Nelson County of the grisly milest…
Draco is a domesticated short-haired tabby and white, neutered male born on Sept. 5, 2020. Draco came from a home with many cats, and he gets …
Rubicon, a 3-year-old, 18.6-pound very skinny Beagle was lost in a world of hurt, before he was found by a good Samaritan. Animal control made…
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when Gov. Ralph Northam’s executive order called for the closure of all nonessential service…
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A Lovingston family of five, including a volunteer firefighter with the Lovingston Volunteer Fire Department, has been displaced following a S…