Today's News

A fingerprint expert testified Tuesday that two fingerprints found on a note near the body of Jocelyn Earnest on Dec. 20, 2007, belonged to her estranged husband, Wesley Brian Earnest, who is standing trial for first degree murder in connection with her death.

    The commonwealth’s case against Wesley Earnest was nearing its end Tuesday, six days into the trial in Bedford County Circuit Court, with the introduction of the fingerprint evidence. More than 220 pieces of evidence had been submitted by the commonwealth, in making its case.

    Businesses, non-profits and individuals were honored at the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual business dinner, held at Mariners Landing, Friday night. The event was attended by more than 200 people, according to figures provided by the Chamber.

    Cintas Corporation was named Large Business of the Year. This award goes to a company with 51 or more employees.

The budget has been revised — and it's good news for some school employees and two smaller schools.

    Dr. Douglas Schuch, Bedford County Public Schools superintendent, informed the county’s school board at a work session Wednesday afternoon that the General Assembly restored $3.5 million that the school system would have lost due to changes in the local composite index (LCI).

    “That three-and-a-half million came back to us,” he told the school board.

    There are two things you can count on in the United States: Decency always triumphs in our public policies in the end; conservatives fight it every step of the way.

    So it’s been in the long battle over health care reform, finally signed into law after the courageous efforts of President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and one great American who wasn’t here to see the fruits of his life-long labor, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts.