Today's News

It appears that China may be trying to invent a new Olympic sport. What would we call it? The Tibetan head-bashing marathon?

Actually, what has been going on has nothing to do with the games. It is, however, a source of embarrassment for the Chinese government, which is hoping that the Olympics will give them the chance for some positive PR. The news, at least what we are getting, about the situation is not the sort of publicity they want.

Ben Creasey, at a teen driving presentation at Staunton River High School recently, recounted the worst night of his life.

It was exactly four years ago last month and a friend came to his house to tell him his daughter, Ginni, had been in a crash. Creasey initially thought the damage was limited to the car. His wife, Crystal thought the same.

"I kept saying, 'Now Ben, don't fuss at her. This is her first wreck,'" she recalled saying.

Tim Brooke normally wears the uniform of the Bedford City Police Department. Last year, however, he temporarily traded it for the pixilated camouflage of the United States Army.

A captain in the Virginia National Guard, Brooke returned recently from duty in Iraq. Brooke served as a civil affairs officer with Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry Combat Brigade. His post was actually a Major's job, but he was assigned to it as he had been selected for promotion to that rank prior to the company's deployment.

Seven individuals are facing 29 charges as a result of indictments handed down before a Bedford County Special Grand Jury last month.

On March 14, Bedford County Sheriff?s Narcotic Investigators testified before the Grand Jury resulting in the 29 indictments for distribution of narcotics and related offenses.

"These indictments are the result of the on going commitment, hard work and dedication of the Narcotic Investigations Unit of the Bedford County Sheriff?s Office," stated Major Ricky Gardner of the Bedford County Sheriff's Office in a news release.