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Today's News

  • No, liberals aren’t angry with Obama

        As Barack Obama completes the selection of his staff and Cabinet, there’s been some talk about how many liberals are supposedly angry at him.

    Some have tried to drum up a story that many on the left are upset about one or two Cabinet choices and feel that the president-elect is already backing away from some of the promises of his campaign.

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  • Medicare Part B and Part D premiums to change

                In 2009, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries will receive a 5.8% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA).  This means that nearly 55 million Americans will see an increase in their monthly benefits, the largest increase since 1982.  

     

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  • Ensuring oversight of the taxpayers’ money

    Just two months ago the Congress passed the Financial Stabilization Package which was designed to stabilize the growing financial crisis currently facing our country.  This legislation, which I voted against, created the Troubled Asset Relief Program, known as TARP, and gave the U.S. Treasury Department broad authority to distribute $700 billion of the taxpayers’ hard earned money with hardly any oversight and no accountability for the irresponsible behavior of the financial institutions that led to this very situation.

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  • Letters

    A great place

    to shop

     

        Bedford is a great place to shop, dine, explore and discover!  If you have not had a chance to experience the holiday events in Centertown Bedford, you better hurry ! 

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  • Mitchell Loyd Simmons, 17, Chamblissburg

        Mitchell Loyd “Big Country” Simmons, 17, of Chamblissburg, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

        He was a senior at Staunton River High School, was on the baseball team and a member of the F.F.A. He was a member of the Grace Memorial Baptist Church.

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  • Liberty boys' basketball preview

    Have no doubt about it:  The Liberty basketball team is chock full o’ talent this season.

    Also, have no doubt about it:  That talent level guarantees the team nothing.

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  • Jefferson Forest boys' basketball preview

    In a world where height doesn’t count, the Jefferson Forest basketball team would be one of the favorites in the race for the Seminole crown.

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  • Staunton River boys' basketball preview

    The fans of Staunton River will get their first look at the 2008-09 Golden Eagles this Friday night.  That’s when Staunton River hosts Bassett for the team’s first game in its new gym.

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  • Emotional bookends--commentary

      I saw Jefferson Forest football players shed tears twice this season.

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  • A bright future cut short

    People who knew Mitchell Simmons say that he would have had a bright future.

        Simmons, a 17-year-old senior at Staunton River High School, died Monday, Dec. 1, after an accidental shooting. He was remembered this week for his service to others, his friendship and his hard work both on the baseball field and in the classroom.

        “He wanted to go to VMI and would have been a shoe-in to get there,” said Joe Hubble, his advanced placement government teacher. “They would have loved to have him.”

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