Faber Nelson County, Virginia Verbatim Press Release From Wintergreen Fire & Rescue: “At approximately 2:00 PM crews responded to a motor vehicle accident near the intersection of Laurel Road and Mill Pond Road in Faber. Crews arrived to find one vehicle on its top over an embankment near a creek. There were three seriously injured […]
Colleen / Arrington Nelson County, Virginia By Marcie Gates Central Virginia Electric Cooperative in Colleen, Virginia is kicked off the first day of spring with a bang. In the wee hours of Monday morning, a crew of nearly a dozen men in steel-toed boots gathered together for a safety meeting concerning the clearing of power […]
Nelson County, Virginia Contractor crews for Central Virginia Electric Coop have been taking to the skies over the past few days to clear limbs from power line right of ways across the county. The odd looking saw seen hanging way below a helicopter was seen working in the Roseland area of Nelson County, Virginia on […]
Central Virginia Blue Ridge Because of cloudiness on Saturday, many folks stayed indoors. But Sunday, with full sunshine, everyone was out traveling the roads. Just after noon Sunday in Nelson County near Montebello, an RV caught fire on Route 56 between Montebello and the Blue Ridge Parkway. No one was hurt in the fire but […]
Shipman Nelson County, VA Many people living near the Stagebridge Road area of East Nelson near Shipman reported seeing a Virginia State Police helicopter flying overhead around noon Friday. “We asked VSP to assit us in locating a person that was suicidal, that had been missing,” said Nelson County, VA Sheriff David Brooks. Sheriff Brooks […]
Piney River Nelson County, Virginia Updated: 4.29.11 – 2PM EDT Nelson County Sheriff, David Brooks tells NCL that Willie McCoy Thacker was taken into custody early Friday afternoon without incident. He was found in a hotel room in Madison Heights, Virginia. “The weapon was located around noon, and he was found s short time later,” […]
Arrington Nelson County, Virginia You’ve probably seen a weird looking sight in the skies over Nelson lately. A black helicopter with a crazy looking thing dangling below! Not to worry, we aren’t being invaded! It’s part of Central Virginia Electric’s annual tree trimming program to eliminate problem tree branches from power lines. “We will be […]
Appomattox County, Virginia Updated 10:15PM Eastern From ABC-13 in Lynchburg: Appomattox Co., VA – Updated: 10:14 pm State police have now confirmed that eight people have been killed in shootings in Appomattox County. State police say a lone shooter was responsible. They believe their suspect is Christopher Speight, of Appomattox County. He is currently at […]
Wintergreen Mountain Nelson County, Virginia Folks living up on the mountains near Wintergreen Resort and the Blue Ridge Parkway awoke this morning to the sound of a helicopter flying around. Our “on the spot” Mountain Photographer, Paul Purpura grabbed this shot as the chopper was flying over near The Mountain Inn. Graphic courtesy of Virginia […]
