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Today's News

  • Group Home closes

        The time for group homes like the one Bedford County operated has gone, according to Andy Crawford, the county’s director of social services. The county closed the home in January.

        “The last day the kids were there was the 31st,” Crawford said.
        The home closed because it had been set up to pay its own way but had reached the point where it was no longer able to do that.

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  • YOVASO group continues outreach

        A YOVASO (Youth of Virginia Speak Out) presentation this month at Jefferson Forest High School (JFHS) focused on the impact a teen traffic fatality has on the teen’s friends and family. YOVASO is an organization that promotes safe driving behavior among teens.

        Videos were part on the presentation and one featured J. Len Hale.

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  • Heart health focus of BMH brunch

        A heart health brunch, sponsored by Bedford Memorial Hospital, began on a light note with a performance by Elvis Presley, locally know as Taylor Rodriguez.

        Rodriguez, who is 15, isn’t old enough to even remember the 20th century at all, let alone Elvis. Nevertheless, his Elvis impersonation is so good that he’s headed for Graceland to perform this summer during the annual commemoration of Presley’s death.

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  • Donation will pay for OSHA cards

        An $1,800 corporate grant from Lowe’s will pay for Career Safe OSHA cards for students at Bedford Science and Technology Center (BSTC).

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  • Public hearing scheduled on electoral district map

        The Bedford County Board of Supervisors voted 6-1 Monday to schedule a public hearing on the proposed new electoral district map. District 6 Supervisor Annie Pollard cast the lone dissenting vote
        “I guess I’m as unhappy with my district as anybody can be,” commented  Pollard.

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  • Board gets good, bad news on budget

        The supervisors have gotten good news and bad news from Interim County Administrator Frank Rogers.
        The good news is that the county will get $4 million per year in additional revenue due to Bedford’s reversion to town status. The bad news is that it still leaves the county nearly $2 million in the hole. Rogers presented them with recommendations on closing that gap at a Monday evening budget work session.

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  • Planning commission begins zoning ordinance review

        The Bedford County Planning Commission began a two-part process of reviewing the supervisor’s proposed modifications to the county’s zoning ordinance. This follows a joint public hearing that the supervisors held earlier this month.

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  • Local enthusiasts get a look at Plan 9

        A science fiction film shot primarily in Bedford, got at good response from the 1,300 people who attended MystiCon, a sci-fi convention held in Roanoke over the weekend. A three-minute scene from the feature-length motion picture was named the MystiCon Fan Favorite Film.

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  • BCSO makes arrests in Huddleston burglaries

    Update:

    Steve Croy and Tiffany Tolley were arrested late Friday afternoon. They were transported to the Bedford Adult Detention Center.

    Bedford County Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested three suspects in connection with a series of business and residential burglaries in the Huddleston area of Bedford County.

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  • BCSO warns against scam

        Over the past several days, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office has received calls from several citizens reporting that they have received messages on their answering machines from a health alert company.
        According to the Sheriff's Office, the recording sounds like a real person claiming that either “someone has purchased a health alert system for you” or “you qualify for a free health alert.” The recorded message then advises to press #1 to talk to a sales person or press #5 to decline.

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