Kinkle and Grace Campbell get heat from a wood furnace, water from a backyard well and vegetables from a garden just footsteps from U.S. 460.

An Appomattox County man accused of sexually abusing a young girl was cleared of all charges Tuesday morning in Lynchburg Circuit Court.

Arthur Lee Dews, 52, was charged in February with two counts of aggravated sexual battery of a child under 13. On Tuesday, however, Lynchburg Public Defender Sharon Eimer presented evidence that the alleged victim had been hospitalized for mental health problems six times in the five months leading up to the allegations.

State investigators are still looking into accusations that gas stations broke the law in September by raising their prices suddenly two months ago.

That’s when oil refineries in the Gulf Coast shut down to prepare for landfall of Hurricane Ike.

One hundred and seventy-five miles separate Appomattox from Berryville, but somehow, the Raiders’ football team is classified in the same region of the state as Clarke County’s.

That will give the Eagles, champions of the Bull Run District, a decisive home-field advantage when they host Appomattox, which finished third in the Dogwood District, in tonight’s Division II, Region B semifinal.

Appomattox County Schools need millions of dollars worth of capital improvements, according to a recent facilities study.

Appomattox Town Council members would like to meet with the county’s Board of Supervisors on a biannual basis. Council unanimously agreed Monday on the matter, which was proposed by councilmember Bryan Baine.

As the company that operates the natural gas pipeline through Appomattox works toward full service in time for the winter cold, it also is trying to repair confidence in its safety record.

The company that operates three natural gas pipelines that run through Appomattox County is preparing to return one of those lines to full service Monday.

An Appomattox elementary school teacher was arrested Friday after an investigation into theft at the school, law enforcement and school officials said.

Trooper M.R. Heath said Tina Litchford, 45, wrecked her 1993 Nissan Sentra into a tree at about 7:10 p.m.

The company that operates the three pipelines that push natural gas through Appomattox County expects to restore one of the lines to normal service on Monday.

The leader at the helm of Appomattox County High School has changed again.

Former Bedford County principal Michael Kelly started as the school’s principal Wednesday. Kelly replaces assistant principal David Read, who was named acting principal last month after the sudden reassignment of principal Greg Wheeler. Read is currently serving as an assistant principal at the school.

Quarterback Kenny Scott had 347 of host Appomattox’s 552 rushing yards in a 44-18 Dogwood District blowout of Nelson County on Friday night.

Slightly hidden on land that will soon be home to the Appomattox branch of the Museum of the Confederacy is what seems to be an abandoned house built in the 1920s.

Forty-three cities and counties will share $1.6 million in federal funds for citizen alert systems.