December 22, 2011
ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia As we first told you here earlier in the day Thursday, a recount was being held in the Noveber 8th Sheriff’s race in Nelson County. NCL can confirm the recount is completed and Nelson Sheriff Brooks has won the recount. Nelson County Election Registrar, Jackie Britt, notified NCL just moments ago [...]
November 9, 2011
Share Lovingston Nelson County, Virginia Updated 11.13.11 11:00 AM EST On Sunday morning 11.13.11 Jackie Britt the Election Registrar with Nelson County emailed NCL and verified the information from her office. “The Electoral Board finished the canvass Thursday evening. The result was that David Brooks gained 3 votes and Mac Bridgwater gained 1. There is [...]
November 8, 2011
ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia You couldn’t slip a sheet paper in between the election results of Nelson Sheriff David Brooks and challenger Mac Bridgwater. Only 9 total votes separated the two as of late Tuesday night according to results posted by the Virginia Board Of Elections. As NCL understands the law, an automatic recount is [...]
June 9, 2011
ShareShipman Nelson County, Virginia It was an unusual call that came into the Nelson County Sheriff’s Department around 8:30 Thursday morning. The Amtrak Crescent 20 was stopped on the tracks in Shipman, requesting help from police for a man on board who was being very unruly. “He was severely taunting passengers. He’d already assaulted an [...]
May 27, 2011
Share Afton Nelson County, Virginia Update 5.28.11 – 10:30 AM EDT NCL has been able to verify that the calls being placed are by someone identify themselves as the The Nelson Guide and they are trying to get people to by magnets of some sort. Via a mutual client of The Nelson Guidebook and NCL [...]
March 5, 2010
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia By Jennie Tal Bill McDonald, the Nelson County School Resource Officer, spent one recent Wednesday in an empty building looking for narcotics with his K-9, Nicodemus. And, although it wasn’t a real drug bust, Nicodemus was successful. We first told you about the team in the March 2010 printed issue of [...]
December 16, 2009
ShareLovingston Nelson County, Virginia An anonymous donation of $5,000 enabled the Nelson County Sheriff’s Department to reach its goal of equipping every patrol car with an AED (Automated External Defibrillator). At the donor’s request, three of the AED units were dedicated in memory of Elmo Bowling. The family of Mr Bowling, his father, mother and [...]
May 30, 2009
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia As the school year winds down and summer vacation begins, young minds are on being outside. To help keep children safe while being outdoors, Helene Dodge, a special K-9 deputy with NCSD along with her search dog, Orso, talked to students at Rockfish River Elementary School about safety tips if they [...]
May 9, 2009
ShareAfton/Nellysford Nelson County, Virginia Nelson County Sheriff David Brooks tells NCL Magazine that his department will be conducting door to door canvassing in the Crawford’s Climb-Paul’s Creek areas Saturday afternoon asking residents if they may have seen anything unusual the morning 73 year old Opal Page’s was murdered in her home at the intersection of [...]
May 8, 2009
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia As NCL has been telling you since we first broke the story of 73 year old Opal Page’s murder, police are still on the search for her killer(s). Mrs. Page’s car was found Thursday in Waynesboro. Police think the murderer stole the car after crime then abandoned it in Waynesboro. Friday [...]