Bedford News

A video showing Bedford County school bus personnel striking an autistic child is influencing legislators to require local school personnel prove they know how to deal with autistic behavior.

Plans for the "Harmony" development of more than 200 homes off a busy stretch of U.S. 460 in Bedford - the largest project to come before the county in years - were shown to residents Wednesday.

There's a lot happening in Lynchburg this week. Parent-Teacher conferences will be held in some area schools.

All five men face penalties ranging from 10 to 20 years in prison and fines up to $1 million after authorities said they sold heroin, oxycodone and prescriptions used to treat addiction and seizures, including some that had been given to them by the medical center.

A Bedford County man accused of shooting his brother and nephew in August in a long-running family feud is getting a mental health evaluation that has pushed back his trial date.

Bedford County residents will get a chance Thursday to address the school board about the upcoming 2012-13 budget, which has officials bracing for steep funding challenges.

A U.S. defense official said that American Jessica Buchanan, 32, is meeting her family at Naval Air Station Sigonella, which is the hub of U.S. Navy air operations in the Mediterranean and hosts an Italian air force base.

An American aid worker rescued by Navy SEALs in Somalia was a student leader at her Christian grade school, attended a religious college in suburban Philadelphia and "fell in love with Africa" while doing student teaching in Nairobi.

An American and a Danish aid worker held captive in Somalia have been rescued by U.S. military forces.

During the recession, Bedford County's Board of Supervisors did not lay off workers or raise taxes to generate revenue but the county's capital needs plan endured drastic funding cuts as a result.

Berry was named to the bench by the General Assembly in August 2008. He has served as the 16th Judicial Circuit's chief judge since November 2010.

A Bedford County man was sentenced Tuesday on three child sex charges and the theft of an ATV, all stemming from incidents last year.

The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will host two lectures focusing on a heroic group of women and medics in World War II.

Adults visiting public schools in Bedford County are now prohibited from using tobacco products on school property, according to recent action by officials.