Bedford County (Virginia)

Virginia State Police have identified the two teenagers killed in an accident Wednesday morning in Bedford County. 17-year-old Jacob Baird of Thaxton and 16-year-old Katie Thurston of Vinton both died in the two-vehicle wreck on Route 24. The accident...

In the last week three teenagers have been killed in two separate car wrecks on Route 24 in Bedford County. Some people are now questioning the safety of that road. Route 24 is a curvy, two lane road that runs through Bedford County. Like most rural...

Candles lit the night sky outside Staunton River High School Monday night.  Hundreds of people gathered around the flagpole. They came to remember Ashley Brooke Barton. "I thank God for each and every student," says Ashley's grandmother Shirley Jordan,...

A youth director at a Forest church is facing unlawful filming charges from the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. 28-year-old Auri Jones of Lynchburg was arrested Wednesday on one felony count of unlawful filming, and...

The Virginia Department of Transportation will suspend lane closures on interstates and roads across the state for the Thanksgiving holiday. The lane closures will be lifted from noon Wednesday until noon Monday. Construction zones with concrete...

Wednesday’s crash in Bedford County that killed two Staunton River High School students isn't the first deadly crash involving students in our area. Just last month two Liberty High School students also died in car crashes. And in January, two...

Spaghetti dinner   All-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner with salad bar starting at 4 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Sipesville fire hall. Takeout available. Benefits the Sipesville Volunteer Fire Co. 814-445-4899       Chicken and Biscuits   The County Line...

Home Tour The Somerset Welfare League Christmas Home Tour, Holiday in the Highlands, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 10 and  noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 11. Four homes will be decorated for the holidays. Transportation provided from Somerset Area Senior High...

A Georgia man has been arrested by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office on charges that he sent sexually explicit messages and pictures to three girls who he thought were underage. 50-year-old Brian Spivey of Hephzibah, Georgia, was arrested on Oct....

Soup sale Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Lavansville Election Day Soup & Bake Sale. All proceeds will go to the Somerset County Mobile Food Bank.   Roast beef The Meyersdale VFD Ladies Auxiliary hot roast beef sandwich lunches from 11 a.m. until 1 p....

If you get an advertisement in the mail, there's a chance it came from Bedford County. Mail America has been in Forest since 1989, printing and sending out documents for clients. "We love Bedford County," said Mail America's managing director, David...

A Lynchburg trucking company will pay a $43,613 fine for a crash that spilled thousands of gallons of fuel in Bedford County. Watts Petroleum agreed to the penalty as part of a consent order reached with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality....