Town of Amherst officials are opposing a change to the town’s water withdrawal permit from the Buffalo River through the ...

The discussion got heated at times at Tuesday night's Amherst County Board of Supervisor's meeting, as they dNow to a heated ...

Virginia State Police is investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash in Amherst County that claimed the life of an 88-year-old ...

Sales is in custody at the Amherst Adult Detention Center in Madison Heights and took part in the brief attorney hearing through a video stream. Doucette appointed Lynchburg-area attorney Scott De ...

A UMass student who was initially denied​ a $10,000 prize after making a half-court shot will be getting the money after all.

Leah Bellitto was last seen alive by her family at 9:15 p.m. Saturday in Amherst's Ransom Oaks neighborhood. She was reported ...

Police said 29-year-old Leah Bellitto of Amherst was last seen by family in the Ransom Oaks neighborhood Saturday night.

The Amherst Police Department announced Leah Bellitto, who was reported missing on February 8, was found dead Tuesday morning ...

Director Micah Ariel James at the newly opened UMass Downtown, Thursday, in Amherst. The retail, event and satellite meeting ...

The search for an Amherst woman missing since Saturday night came to an end early Tuesday morning in East Amherst, with officials able to recover her body. Read more from WBEN: ...

Search crews, including Amherst Police and volunteer groups, had been out searching for Bellitto in that vicinity.