Today's News

My president and yours, Barack Obama, last week rendered a very fine State of the Union address, one that the media noted “might be his last.”
    We’ll see about that…But the 44th President of the United States laid out the case for his common sense agenda of job growth, tax relief for the middle class, and increased taxes on the super rich.

hank you, students and teachers, at Liberty High School. You’re making a difference.
    Anyone who has driven or walked through the Centertown Park area of Bedford the past few months has been able to enjoy the efforts of a number of students from the high school who have spruced up the Park with decorations.
    The effort shows initiative, hard work and community spirit. That’s something that shouldn’t be taken lightly.

    Dennis Caldwell’s day in court to answer charges stemming from a shooting last summer, will be delayed. Judge James Updike agreed to the delay after Caldwell’s defense attorney appeared in Bedford County Circuit Court, Tuesday, to ask for a continuance.

Local residents will have their first official opportunity to speak to the Bedford County School Board about the 2012-2013 budget at its meeting this Thursday.
    A public hearing on the budget will be held at 7 p.m. at the auditorium of the Bedford Science and Technology Center.
    But this won’t be the first time board members or school officials will have actually heard from the public on the budget. Numerous meetings with PTAs, teachers and civic groups have been going on for months.