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Today's News

  • The big dog

    The Bedford County Board of Supervisors has spent the past year flexing its muscles and showing folks who’s in charge.
        And that show of strength probably isn’t over.

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  • Take Your Family to School

    Last Thursday, parents of students at Bedford Primary School went back to the classroom.

        And it was a lot of fun!
        Thanks to a $1,000 grant from the National PTA, the school’s PTA was able to fund the event with close to 300 signing up to participate.
        Bedford Primary Principal Lisa Dellis was pleased with the turnout and the opportunity to strengthen support for the school’s students with parents and the community.

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  • Two killed in single vehicle crash

        Two people were killed last week when a 1986 Chevy pick-up truck, driven by Andrew William Heck Jr., 44, of Goodview, crashed into the foundation of Goodview Grocery.

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  • Technology in the classroom

        It’s a brand new world for students today.

        Smart boards have replaced chalk boards; iPads are now just as important as notebooks.
        Last Thursday, parents of students at Bedford Middle School had the chance to observe just how technology is changing the way their children learn.

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  • All in the family: Foster parents provide home for area children

        Dwayne Shepherd, of Montvale, grew up in a large family that included foster and adopted children. His parents, Calvin and Martha Shepherd, had two biological children—Dwayne was one of them—and five adopted children. They also took in foster children.

        After Dwayne got married, he and his wife, Patti, were able to move into a four-bedroom house.
        “We felt God had blessed us with that extra room,” said Shepherd. “We felt we should share it.”

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  • Mentoring program expands

        A teen mentoring program sponsored by the local American Association of University Women (AAUW) has expanded.

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  • Business roundtables resume in this area

        Traci Blido, Bedford County’s new director of economic development, has resumed sponsoring business roundtables. The first of what she plans to be a quarterly event was held at Central Virginia Community College’s Bedford facility, Thursday.

        Blido presented statistics on the Bedford area. One was a list of the largest employers in Bedford County. While the top two were Bedford County Public Schools and Bedford County, the top five included TEVA Pharmaceuticals, Mail America and Georgia-Pacific.

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  • SSL: Don’t take this message lightly

        SSL. Maybe you’ve seen it posted at an a Centertown business.

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  • Rogers steps into role as interim administrator

    Frank Rogers, who was appointed interim county administrator last week, isn’t new to the neighborhood.

        Rogers first came here as assistant county administrator in September, 2005. Prior to that, he had been special projects manager in York County. This was a catch-all position in which he managed several areas including housing and neighborhood revitalization, community services and the county’s financial unit.

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  • Woman pleads guilty to DUI maiming

        Elizabeth Doris Coe pleaded guilty Tuesday, in Bedford County Circuit Court, to two counts of DUI maiming. Each charge carries a penalty of between one and five years in prison.
        The charges stemmed from a crash that occurred on May 28, at about 7 p.m. According to Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney John Wheelock, Coe had been drinking since before noon that day.

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