Earlier this summer, I was delighted to read a great piece in the paper by Vicki Gardner about the Smith Mountain Lake Center. Her theme “Imag…
Central and Southwest Virginia Honor Flight will execute Mission 5 on 21-23 October 2022, taking veterans from our area to Washington D.C. fre…
The National D-Day Memorial presents the American premiere of They Won’t Die Twice, a documentary telling the harrowing stories of three heroe…
The National D-Day Memorial had Rats Saturday Memorial. In this case, the Rats were 450 Virginia Military Institute (VMI) cadets. Rat is the n…
Avenel will host its first Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 15 from 4 p. m. to 8 p.m.
Virginia State Police is investigating a hit and run crash, which resulted in a pedestrian fatality. The crash occurred Tuesday, September 21 …
After a subdued Centerfest, last year, the big street festival roared back to life. Crowds filled the streets. Food vendors, who came expectin…
As families, friends and law enforcement gathered on Sunday, Sept. 23, for the National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims, many are hope…
The College Board awarded students from across the country with academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Programs for excel…
The 41st Annual Centerfest starts Saturday at 10 a.m. and runs to 6 p.m. Governor Ralph Northam’s restrictions stopped it in 2020. Last year’s…
On September 15, 2022, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office along with the Department of Social Services responded to Jeters Chapel Road to con…
Investigators with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office Vice/Narcotics Unit, with the assistance of the United States Marshal’s Service, conduc…
This fall, approximately 3.2 million eligible taxpayers will receive one-time tax rebates of up to $250 if they filed individually, and up to …
The supervisors voted unanimously to deny a request by a developer to rezone 27 acres on Teass Terrace from AP to AR. Both zones are agricultu…
Legacy Education Center will hold a College and Career Day at the Bedford Welcome Center on Sept. 29. from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Legacy promises…
On Sept. 11, Bedford’s firefighters held a solemn ceremony at the National D-Day Memorial. An honor guard, in dress uniforms, with two lines o…
Bedford’s electric department was able to sell the copper in some surplus copper wire for nearly $6,000. Last week Town Council voted unanimou…
ROUTE 805 CULVERT REPLACEMENT — Effective August 23 at 8 a.m., a section of Route 805 (Stone Mountain Road) will be closed for repair of a sub…
Experience the passion and ideals that inspired a revolution and the birth of a new nation through the eyes of Thomas Jefferson and his good f…
In honor of National Recovery Month, organizations are speaking up on behalf of approximately 40.3 million individuals in the U.S. who are in …
The Bedford YMCA has been hosting the Summer Sunset Festival Series events every third Friday since May with bands such as the Coleman Brothers Band,
Preliminary SOL results for Bedford County Public Schools showed substantial increases in Math, Science, and History from the previous year, w…
Got questions about Medicare? So do we!
The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) held an informational meeting on biosolids at Central Virginia Community College. The meeting wa…
Margaret knows what she wants and how to take the steps to get there. Most recently, she set her sights on getting a job, and she made it happen.
Last week, Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce President Patti Jurkus presided over a business awards gala that returned to the event’s former gl…
The school board established a rule on how challenges to library resources would be handled. The rule had been developed by school division st…
A new private school, Free State Academy, opened its doors the Tuesday after Labor Day with 50 students. The school has grades K-12. It has 17…