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    The Bedford County Department of Fire and Rescue honored volunteer first responders for their work in the past year during a ceremony last Thursday.

    Firefighters run into burning buildings when everybody else runs out. EMTs and paramedics keep people alive during medical emergencies as they transport them to the hospital. Two of the people honored, however, were not firefighters or rescue squad members—Bruno Andrade and Alex  Lenhart are CVS pharmacists.

Shooting leads to charges being...

    A shooting that occurred at a Huddleston residence Wednesday night has led to a number of charges being filed.
    According to a report from the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, at 10 p.m. Wednesday night, Bedford County dispatchers received a call from Jody Roach of  Roach Town Road, Huddleston, stating that she had fired a gun through her door at two subjects standing outside of her residence.

Landmark sells Roanoke times

    Landmark Media Enterprises, owner of The Bedford Bulletin, announced that it sold The Roanoke Times to Warren Buffett’s BH Media Group on Friday.
    The sale has no effect on operations of the Bulletin. The newspaper will continue to be printed at The Roanoke Times’ plant, as it has been since 2005.
    The Bulletin will continue to be operated by Landmark Community Newspapers.

Big Island will keep 6th grade

    Next year’s sixth grade class at Big Island Elementary will be small, and likely combined with some fifth graders to fill out the class.
    Out of the 18 rising sixth graders, six of those have chosen to transfer to Bedford Middle School, leaving only 12 slated to remain at Big Island. But at last Thursday’s Bedford County School Board meeting a proposal to move all of the students to BMS failed.

Last one standing

 

The Jefferson Forest Lady Cavs punched their ticket to the State tourney by punching their way through the Blue Ridge District's best.

Over a four-evening stretch, the JF booters took on three teams from the Blue Ridge, and dispatched the trio handily.

When the lasses in red and black wrapped up this skein with a 2-0 win over Northside in Friday's regional championship bout, they finally got a chance to drink in the sweet success of winning (yet) another Region III crown.

Supervisors not interested in...

Bedford County will not be joining Lynchburg and Campbell County in a study to determine what savings a regional library system would bring.

French government says '...

    Bernard Marie has hosted a D-Day/World War II dinner every year for 29 years on the anniversary of D-Day. The number of living veterans dwindles and the men are getting increasingly frail. Nevertheless 310 people packed the dining room at Roanoke’s Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center Thursday evening.

JFHS seniors find the ‘best way...

    Following the commencement theme “The best way out is through,” by Robert Frost, some 322 seniors made up this year’s 40th graduating class for Jefferson Forest High School.

    Seniors Sarah Hanson and Brian Leveque brought thoughts for their fellow graduates to think about from that theme during the ceremony held at the Vines Center at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

Tips for recovering from the...

VDEM Offers Safety Tips for Storm Recovery

RICHMOND, Va. – A line of severe thunderstorms with heavy winds affected many areas of Virginia Thursday, June 13, causing downed trees and widespread power outages. As residents clean up from the storm, here are important safety tips to follow:

Travel Safety
Use caution while driving. Where traffic signals are not operating, treat the intersection as a four-way stop.
Watch for storm debris, downed power lines and tree limbs on the roads.

D-Day veterans show up for 69th...

    June 6, 2013, the 69th anniversary of D-Day included authentic weather. Instead of the usual Virginia June heat and humidity that accompanies these anniversary observances at the National D-Day Memorial, it was cool and a low overcast sky poured buckets of rain.

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