Share Nelson County, Virginia Below is a verbatim press release issued by the Virginia State Police: NELSON COUNTY, Va. – Marijuana eradication efforts are well underway across the Commonwealth this summer. On Tuesday, Aug. 2, Virginia State Police with the assistance of Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents seized approximately 5,400 marijuana plants [...]
SharePiney 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,” [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia Updated 1:09 PM EST Nelson County Sheriff, David Brooks tells NCL the search for the two suspects in Afton has been called off. The sheriff says his men will remain at Rockfish River Elementary School through the end of the school day simply as a precaution. As of this post the [...]
Share Nelson County, Virginia For most folks the Saturday snow was absolutely beautiful and breathtaking. Up in the higher elevations between 5-8 inches of a heavy wet snow fell by late Saturday. The higher the elevation, the higher the snow amounts. Down below in the the Rockfish Valley some locations saw nothing more than a [...]
ShareSchuyler Nelson County, Virginia Earlier this week folks in the Schuyler area of Eastern Nelson County saw a tremendous number of state police vehicles in the Glade Road area. Nelson County, Virginia Sheriff, David Brooks, tells NCL it was part of an underwater search at two different quarries in that area. “Stolen items were found [...]
ShareBlue Ridge Parkway Nelson County, Virginia Thankfully it was only a practice run, but it was practice that often gets put to use. Thanks to our Paul Purpura for grabbing these photos! Several area rescue squads along with Wintergreen F&R and The Virginia State Police practiced their techniques earlier this week at 20 Minute Cliffs [...]
ShareAfton Nelson County, Virginia ©2009 NCL Magazine As we have been updating most of Wednesday evening, local and state authorities are on the scene of a suspicious death at 7275 Rockfish Valley Highway in Afton, Virginia. That’s just north of the Greenfield Community in Nelson County. Earlier police released a description of a dark green [...]
