Bedford County (Virginia)

Two Bedford County school administrators will have new assignments for the 2012-13 school year. Tim Overstreet will be the new principal at Liberty High School. Overstreet was principal at Staunton River Middle School. He has been with the school...

A fox in Lynchburg has tested positive for rabies. The fox was captured near an apartment complex in Lynchburg. The Virginia Department of Health is urging people not to feed wild animals because it could expose them to rabies. The agency would also...

It takes a lot of money to run a school system, but in recent years Bedford County's had less to work with. "The teachers in Bedford County haven't gotten a real raise in over four years," said Fred Glover, who knows the situation well.  His daughter...

Bedford County schools are getting additional funding, but it's not enough to balance the budget. Bedford County supervisors approved the county's 2012-13 budget Monday night.  The $88-million dollar spending plan includes about $39-million for schools. ...

Somerset County Pomona Grange has completed two spring visitation programs for its members from the Kingwood, Wills and Hillcrest Grangers. During both events and at the April Pomona session, members collected non-perishable food items that this year have...

Mail America Communications is expanding in Bedford County, and will add 75 new jobs over the next three years. The company announced Tuesday that it will invest more than $5 million to expand its current operations in Forest. Mail America Communications...

It's a crime that has many people shaking their heads and asking why.  A church in Bedford County was vandalized and the Sheriff says the damage will easily total more than $10,000. The vandalism inside Mount Rock Baptist Church on Charlemont Road in...

State Police say James Wayne Williams died in Sunday evening's crash near Montvale in Bedford County.  He was 42 years old and from Montvale. Troopers say Williams crossed the center line, hit another car, then ran off the road and hit a utility pole. ...

State wildlife officials say 15,326 turkeys were killed during Virginia's spring season. That's down 2 percent from 2011 when hunters killed 15,698 turkeys. The Spring Turkey Youth Hunt was more successful. The Virginia Department of Game and Inland...

A Virginia man serving time for a sex crime against a child has pleaded guilty to 25 felony counts involving child pornography. Forty-four-year-old Gregory Winston Robertson of Forest entered his plea on Tuesday in Bedford County Circuit Court related to...

We're learning new details about a shooting and standoff in Bedford that happened earlier this week. The man accused in the standoff is still in the hospital.  Dennis Caldwell is able to talk, but investigators say he's refusing to answer their...

They lived next door to each other, but neighbors say Dennis and Glen Caldwell didn't exactly get along. "They are just at each other all the time," said Johnny Ruff, a man who has lived next to the Caldwells on Haven Heights Drive for years. "I told...