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Today's News

  • Soccer hopefuls meet top-notch talent

    How often does one get pointers from a real, live sports professional?

    For some, it was just this past week.  That is, if one was at the Blue Ridge Soccer Camp.

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  • Big Island pays back Danville

    You never know who is going to come through for Big Island Post 217.

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  • NABF roundup

    While Forest’s NABF road is smooth, while Bedford’s keeps getting rockier.  Moneta, meanwhile, is erratic.

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  • Senators Redux - Commentary

      Forgive me for being grumpy, but blame Major League Baseball.

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  • Softball postseason heats up

    The fields of the Montvale rec center became the epicenter of softball activity, as both the Belles and Ponytails tournaments kicked into gear.

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  • Signs of the times

    There have been some layoffs in Bedford. According to some signs popping up on some Centertown store fronts, Gloom, Doom and Bad News have been laid off.

        The signs were done by Mike Buley, of Jewelry Ads that Work, and Jim Messier, who owns Arthur’s Jewelry, is the local connection. Buley, according to Messier, has customers all over North America.

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  • Arrests made in burglary

    Last week Bedford County Sheriff’s Office investigators and deputies executed search warrants at 1050 Windhaven Trail and 1081 Windhaven Trail in Hardy. The search warrants were the results of an ongoing investigation of criminal activity in the area of Windhaven Trail.

        Deputies arrested Johnathan King, 21, who lives at the 1050 address and charged him with burglary, grand larceny and conspiracy to commit grand larceny. Steven Goodwin, 19, who lives at the 1081 address, was also arrested on the same charges as King.

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  • Woman gets six years for shooting

    Sandra Faye Campbell, 48, will spend six years in prison for her participation in the shooting of a Bedford County man in January 2008.

        Campbell, of Thaxton, was sentenced to 16 years, with 10 years suspended, for her convictions on malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony charges.

        Campbell entered Alford pleas on the charges in April, accepting guilt while not admitting to the prosecution’s theory in the case.

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  • Motorcycle crash proves fatal

        A Tuesday morning motorcycle crash proved fatal to a Monroe, Virginia man.

        According to state police, Jack Rodney Williams, 62, apparently lost control of his 2004 Suzuki motorcycle. The motorcycle went off the right side of the highway and Williams was ejected. He was transported to Bedford Memorial Hospital where he later died.

        The accident, which is still under investigation, occured at 8:20 a.m. on Va. 122, North of Bedford, south of it’s intersection with Hurricane Drive (Va. 639).

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  • Grant will benefit history teachers

    Several Bedford County teachers will get a better understanding of U.S. history through a program funded by a $750,000 federal grant.

        Bedford County Public Schools, which partnered with six other jurisdictions, has received a  “Teaching American History” grant of $743,397 from the U.S. Department of Education. Over a three-year period, the grant will support a program called “American History in International Context,” which provides high-quality professional development to teachers of American history.

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