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Today's News

  • Group home faces shortfall

         Andy Crawford, Bedford County’s director of social services, brought a problem to the Board of Supervisors’ budget work session, Monday evening.
        The work session was dedicated to enterprise funds, county services that are supposed to pay their own way due to the revenue they generate. Bedford County Group Homes is one of these.

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  • Winning essayists recall the War of 1812

        Francis Scott Key, Dolly Madison and Jean LaFitte still carry some weight.

        Those three historical figures were the subjects of some superb writing that flowed from the minds and fingers of four local students.
        The DAR gathered last week at the Bedford Central Library to hear the authors present their works.  These weren’t just any essays, however, they represent the best that Bedford has to offer.

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  • School Board looks at adding club sports

        The club lacrosse team at Jefferson Forest High School will have to fall under guidelines set by the school system if a proposal to implement a club sports policy is approved by the Bedford County School Board.
        Assistant School Superintendent Dr. Cherie Whitehurst told board members Thursday that a policy is needed to provide guidelines for that program and any other club sports that might be implemented in the future.

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  • Supervisors approve one School Board request; table another

        The Bedford County Board of Supervisors took action an a number of issues at a Monday night meeting that featured a lengthy agenda—including cell towers, the change of the master plan for Thomas Jefferson Crossing and the re-appropriation of funds for the school system.

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  • Teachers wear black to push for educational support

        They came dressed in black.
        Their goal: to protest budget cuts in education as well as other actions by the General Assembly they feel are undermining public education across the Commonwealth.

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  • Bedford Christmas Station needs new home

        You probably aren’t thinking about Christmas right now — it’s still nearly 10 months away — but the Bedford Community Christmas Station’s board of directors certainly is. Foremost on the board’s agenda is the need for a new home.

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  • Bedford tops area in business start-ups

        The Bedford area leads Region 2000 in new business start-ups, according to Traci Blido, Bedford County’s director of economic development.

        Region 2000 consists of the counties of Appomattox, Amherst, Bedford and Campbell as well as the cities of Bedford and Lynchburg. Lynchburg had the second largest number in 2010 with 81. Bedford County had 86 and, with the city’s new start ups thrown in, totals 92.

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  • No tax hikes planned by county this year

        The good news is that Bedford County has a balanced budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. The bad news is that this is a tentative budget as there are a lot of factors, still unknown, that could impact it.

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  • TJES students raise $10,000 for AHA

        When it comes to jumping, students at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School really take the task to heart.

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  • Medals galore

      Bedford athletes gave it their all, but none was able to capture gold at this weekend's State indoor track championships.

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