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Today's News

  • Dog has his day

    Scott “Cujo” Sigmon toyed with his opponent for a couple of rounds before sending him to the canvas early in the third round.

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  • Pretty petty

      Just because I’m not invited to vote in the AP Writers’ College Football Poll doesn’t give me license to be petty.

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  • Bedford County Schools report cases of the H1N1 Flu

        Bedford County Public School officials say that the division has experienced a small number of students  who have contracted the H1N1 Flu, or Swine Flu. 

        Officials say that two children were diagnosed with the virus following the initial week of school, which began Monday, Aug. 24. One student was from Bedford Primary School and the other from Boonsboro Elementary.

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  • President addresses students across the nation

        Students across Bedford County joined with students throughout the nation to hear President Barack Obama encourage them to stay in school and use their educational opportunities to become whatever it is they aspire to do in life.

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  • TEA Party draws 300 at Westlake

    A crowd that organizers estimated at a little more than 300 filled a lot at Westlake, Friday, for a TEA Party.

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  • Help is Here Express visits Bedford

    A big orange bus with the words “Help is Here” emblazoned on it spent some time in Bedford Memorial Hospital’s parking last Wednesday.

        It’s part of a program, called the Partnership for Prescription Assistance (PPA), run by PhRMA, the national trade group for pharmaceutical manufacturers.  According to Jeff Trewhitt, senior director of communications and public affairs for PhRMA, two of these orange buses have been crossing the country for four-and-a-half years. The bus that stopped by Bedford has also been in Alaska.

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  • Moose help Safe Surfin'

    Bedford’s Moose Lodge got involved with Sheriff Mike Brown’s efforts to promote Internet safety in its early days.

        According to Brown, it began when Andy Dooley approached Brown about helping out. The relationship progressed to the state level and, early last year, went national.

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  • No jail time in animal cruelty case

    A Bedford County man won’t spend any time in jail after pleading guilty last week to 11 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty.

         Gary Chisom, 52, received a six month suspended sentence on each charge for a total of five years, six months. During that time Chisom, according to the plea agreement, cannot own any agricultural animals.

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  • R.I. man indicted by grand jury

    A Rhode Island man accused of traveling to Bedford County to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex was indicted on five felony charges by a Bedford County grand jury last week.

        Andrew Fitzgerald Holloway, 22, of 774 West Shore Road, Warwick, R.I., faces three charges of unlawful carnal knowledge, a Class IV felony, and two counts of computer solicitation of a female under the age of 15 years old for the purpose of soliciting carnal knowledge, a Class IV felony.

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  • Operation Medicine Cabinet

    Home Instead Senior Care, Bedford Memorial Hospital, and the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office are teaming up for the second time to help people get rid of expired and unused medicine. It’s called Operation Medicine Cabinet. The first time it was held was in June and, according to Brenda Dixon of Home Instead, they collected 49 pounds of medicine ranging from prescription drugs to over-the-counter medicine.

        “It’s a great prevention project,” said Sgt. David Marsh, of the Sheriff’s Office.

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