LOUISA — Nikki Sacra on Tuesday will move into a new house in Louisa with a handful of roommates.

A tactical training facility that was dubbed a “Rambo amusement park” by one official will not be built in Louisa County because of a lack of community support.

A crash involving a tractor-trailer near Zion Crossroads in Louisa County shut down U.S. 15 for about an hour Tuesday afternoon.

Two recent fatal wrecks following police chases that began in Louisa County have prompted Sheriff Ashland D. Fortune to take a second look at his office’s policy on high-speed chases.

A 36-year-old Louisa County man died Saturday night when he crashed his Ford Thunderbird on New Line Road after being chased by authorities at high speeds, the second deadly pursuit in two weeks involving Louisa sheriff’s deputies. 

Authorities said, Michael Ray Duncan Jr had “gone into a rage” earlier in the day and assaulted his 55-year-old mother. He told her that if she called police, he would kill her and any police officers he saw, authorities said. Duncan then took a loaded sawed-off shotgun, pointed it at his mother and threatened to shoot her, according to authorities.

Derrick A. Christmas, 25, who lives in the Zion Crossroads area, was in Louisa General District Court this morning on a prosecution motion to revoke the bond set when he was arrested last month.
Christmas contested the results of last week’s drug screening, and presented evidence that he passed a drug test that same day.

Two Louisa County men have been charged with second-degree murder in a young mother’s fatal overdose on a prescription painkiller far more powerful than morphine.

LOUISA — Louisa County’s commonwealth’s attorney asked a judge to revoke the bond of a man accused of child endangerment after his toddlers tested positive for cocaine.

The driver of a dump truck involved in a fatal accident July 17 in Louisa County has been indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges.
Jerome J. Booker Jr., 38, was charged with three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter and one misdemeanor count of reckless driving in indictments handed down in March by a grand jury. Thomas A. Garrett Jr., Louisa commonwealth’s attorney, said Thursday that Booker is scheduled for a jury trial in August.

Heavy rain from the past few days has forced the closure of Route 651 in Louisa County because of high water, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Louisa County High School will have a new principal July 1. Doug Straley, Louisa’s athletics director, has been chosen to replace Mike Wills, who is leaving to become the principal of Randolph-Henry High School in Charlotte County.

Two Louisa County parents are facing felony child endangerment charges after their 16-month-old son and 3-year-old son tested positive for cocaine and a prescription drug found in tranquilizers and sleeping pills.

As Fluvanna County and Louisa County officials look at plans to bring in water from the James River to Zion Crossroads, a consulting group is scheduled to give presentations to residents in the next two weeks.