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Today's News

  • Full house speaks on county budget

        In contrast to the last year's public hearing before the Board of Supervisors on the county budget, which brought out only three people, this year's nearly filled  Bedford Science and Technology Center’s Susie Gibson Auditorium Monday night. The crowd included a large contingent of teachers, wearing red shirts.

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  • Brigadier General touts importance of early childhood education

    Staunton River High School’s marching band, flag waving children from Bedford Elementary School and a JROTC color guard turned out to welcome Brigadier General John Douglass (USAF Retired) when he spoke at the National D-day Memorial last week.

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  • Redistricting committee presents plan

    Bedford County’s redistricting committee presented a redistricting plan to the County Board of Supervisors at a Monday evening work session. Local election districts must be redrawn after each census to ensure that all citizens have equal representation on the county’s school board and the board of supervisors. The 2010 census indicates that Bedford County has a population of 68,676 people. This means that there are currently 11,447 people in District 4 and 8,637 in District 6.

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  • Witt gets 4-year jail sentence

    Former Staunton River High School teacher and football coach Richard Isaac Witt was sentenced Tuesday to four years in jail for his convictions of 10 misdemeanor counts of having sexual contact with a minor.

        Bedford County Circuit Court Judge James Updike handed down a 10-year jail sentence, with all but four of those years suspended, during a hearing in which both victims of Witt's crimes, along with their mothers, testified about the impact Witt's actions had on them and their families.

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  • Supervisors to advertise redistricting plan

        Bedford County's supervisors approved advertising a redistricting plan that, if ultimately approved, expands the geographic size Districts 1, 5, 6 and 7 while reducing Districts 2, 3, and 4. This results in districts with populations ranging from 9, 616 (District1) to 10,047 (District 3).

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  • BCSO investigating death of man struck by train

     

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    The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a man that was struck and killed by a train this morning.

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  • Rabies clinics scheduled for this weekend

    On April 9th Protect Your Pets and Your Family

    By Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown

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  • Escapee captured in Thaxton

    Bedford County 911 dispatchers received a call Monday April 4, 12:50 p.m. from the Blue Ridge Regional Jail in Moneta reporting one of its inmates that was on work release was missing.
    The caller stated that Scott M. Andrews, 29, was on court ordered work release for failure to pay child support and was working at Gardner Pallets on Crab Orchard Road in Huddleston when he disappeared. Deputies responded to the area and attempted to locate Andrews. Andrews’ home address is 2324 Magnolia Drive Bedford.

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  • The Financial Services Committee is focused on job creation

    In my first three months in Congress, our work on the Financial Services Committee, which has jurisdiction over all aspects of our nation’s financial and housing sectors, has been geared towards creating a better economic environment for job growth across the 5th District and the nation.

     

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  • The Senate must act to cut spending

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