The James River Water Authority is considering numerous alternative locations and routes for the pump station and pipeline in case it has to relocate from the disputed Rassawek site.

A Bumpass man was given a 15-year suspended sentence in Louisa Circuit Court today for breaking into a Buckner Road home, a crime he committed in order to get out of a gang.

Alyssa Ellison became chief of the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office’s animal control unit in 2019. She works closely with veterinarians and fellow law enforcement on everything from high-profile animal seizures to lost pets.

Customers of Rappahannock Electric Cooperative in Louisa may soon cast their eyes longingly toward Orange County, where co-op members could have high-speed internet access as soon as this year.

Tucked into Louisa County government’s proposed capital improvement plan is $2.5 million for utility work for Shannon Hill Regional Business Park.

The new town of Louisa police chief, Tom Leary, says he supports bringing back the auxiliary police program that allows volunteers to serve alongside paid officers.

The Court Cafe and Pub in the town of Louisa is now owned by Garyt and Ike King.

Colorful quilts were draped around the shoulders of several of Louisa’s World War II and Korean War veterans at the Veterans Day ceremony last month on the Louisa Courthouse lawn. The quilts were made by volunteers here in the county who are part of a group known as Common Threads.

Bruce Lynch, 35, the man who led authorities on a 10-day manhunt in October, was denied bond in Louisa Circuit Court on eight sex offense charges.

A year and a half after the Louisa County Industrial Development Authority unveiled plans to build a corporate hangar to attract new business, the project remains in limbo.

Firing the latest salvo in the battle over Louisa County’s future public water supply, the Monacan Indian Nation asked the Louisa and Fluvanna county boards of supervisors to hire a third party to investigate the actions of the James River Water Authority.

Marie Bowers started helping her grandmother and aunt make fruitcake when she was six years old. Now 70, she still makes one every year, and considers it one of the best things about Christmas.

Imagine you’re a child waking up on Christmas morning. You excitedly run out to the tree to see what gifts await you, only to find none. No new toys to play with, no new stuffed animals to hug, not even new clothes to wear.

There is a lot of controversy around whether Santa Claus could deliver toys to all the children in the world. 

Jessica Winston became the proud owner of a rehabbed home on Johnson Road this week after working closely with Louisa’s Habitat for Humanity chapter for two years.

Fishermen who have been casting lines for years off of a pedestrian bridge on Dike 3 at Lake Anna are about to lose their access.

Louisa’s homegrown bank is about to exit the stage, though customers may not notice much of a difference.

Deputies of the Louisa County Sheriff's Office are sworn in on Dec. 20 at Louisa Circuit Court for a new four-year term. Donald Lowe, Henry Wash and Stacey Fletcher were sworn in as sheriff, treasurer and commissioner of the revenue, respectively.

Before they approved rezoning property on Dec. 16 for new housing and business on the south side of Zion Crossroads, the board of supervisors revisited the recent history of the area’s well water.

Eight boat captains participated in the first-ever Lighted Boat Parade on Dec. 7, traveling from Lake Anna Taphouse at New Bridge to Tim’s at The Boardwalk.

A Louisa County man was sentenced today to five life sentences for rape, sodomy and producing child pornography.

The town of Mineral is now a second amendment sanctuary town.

The Trevilian House, which was at the center of a Civil War battle in Louisa County, opened its doors on Dec. 7 for the public to peer through the periscope of time and see what Christmas would have looked like there in the mid-19th century. 

After a day’s trial before a jury in Louisa County Circuit Court on Dec. 6, Brandon Ford, 22, of Bumpass was found not guilty of three charges of sodomy and one of strangulation.

A judge denied a request to evaluate the teenager accused of shooting an elderly couple last month to consider whether he is mentally competent to stand trial.

The electronic game devices that have appeared in stores and gas stations all over Louisa County look a lot like gambling machines. You could spend a few dollars on a game and walk away with a hundred in your pocket. 

Some of the characters most familiar to readers of the Sunday funny pages will take the stage tomorrow night at the Louisa Arts Center for the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

A proposed revision to the county code would increase significantly the minimum lot size allowed in areas of the county zoned for agriculture.

There are quite a few self-storage businesses in Louisa County, but there’s never been one in booming Zion Crossroads. 

The Louisa County School Board voted Dec. 3 to send a $6.8 million capital improvement budget to the board of supervisors. The draft budget includes the first round of funding for a new career and technical education building and a long-anticipated addition to Jouett Elementary School.

Whitney Southall’s love of turtles started when she was a child and caught sight of them in a pet store in Orange.

Diapers. Formula. Doctor visits … these are just a few of the many expenses mothers have to worry about. Reliable transportation shouldn’t be one of them, but it’s an issue for many mothers in Louisa County. 

Akbar Dehghani has more than 30 years of experience with flooring and carpeting installation to pass on to his customers.

Basketball season is getting underway for the Lady Lions.

It may not be the most well-known sport in Louisa County High School, but that doesn’t stop the members of the Lions’ scholastic bowl team from enjoying themselves.

The Town of Mineral is considering prohibiting scooter-for-hire businesses from operating within the town.

After five years of work, the future of the Louisa County Broadband Authority is uncertain. 

A number of gravestones in the town of Louisa’s historical Oakland Cemetery are getting some much-needed care.

A crew of Louisa County High School students is helping build an affordable home for a local family and gaining valuable work skills they can use after they graduate.

A Louisa County judge denied a motion in a murder case to remove a portrait of Robert E. Lee from the Louisa County Circuit Courthouse. 

What do the gun-related bills filed in the Virginia General Assembly in recent weeks say that has so many people fired up?

The Virginia State Conference NAACP held its 84th annual convention in Richmond on Nov. 1-3 at the Hilton Short Pump Hotel and Spa.