Goode News

"December 7th, 1941 a date which will live in infamy." The Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor was intended to neutralize the US Pacific Fleet.

Residents in Virginia's 23rd House District have a new delegate. Democrat Shannon Valentine conceded the race Wednesday afternoon to Republican Doctor Scott Garrett.

A candidate for the Fifth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives announced Thursday he is removing himself from the Republican ticket to restructure his campaign as an independent.

A Lynchburg woman was found dead in her home on Campbell Avenue after a fire broke out in her living room Monday morning.

The Bedford County Sheriff's Office charged two former County Recreation Department employees with multiple thefts from county owned rec centers.

Mendy Songer , a 45-year-old from Bedford County, attends to customers at her hot dog cart, which was set up Wednesday at the corner of Third Street and Norfolk Avenue in downtown Roanoke.

State Sen. Robert Hurt jumped into the deep pool of Republican candidates in the 5th Congressional District on Wednesday with a political pedigree and popularity that could make him the GOP frontrunner and a potential formidable foe for U.S. Rep.

Bedford Co., VA - As state police investigate the cause of fatal accident on Route 221 in Bedford County, local drivers say they're getting another reminder on the dangers of this road.

Republicans could make a successful grab for U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello's 5th District seat and take up to another 29 seats from Democrats in the 2010 U.S. House of Representatives election, according to researchers at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

Forest man dies after crash on U.S. 221 in Bedford Co. A 23-year-old man from Forest was killed in a crash Thursday night when the car he was driving in western Bedford County smashed head-on into a tractor-trailer, police said.

Two more local Republicans have announced their intention to challenge U.S. Rep.

After a 70-year run, the Goode dynasty in Franklin County politics may have ended -- barring a political surprise and political rebirth.

Political speculation in the 5th District leaped ahead to 2010 Monday after former Rep.

Former GOP congressman Virgil H. Goode Jr. said Monday that he will not seek a re-match against U.S. Rep.

Bradley S. Rees, a Bedford County resident, said he will seek the Republican Party nomination to run for the Fifth District seat in the House of Representatives in 2010.

Seven cattle remain roaming the land around the U.S. 29 bypass after a car crash Monday afternoon set them loose.

Several Republicans are beginning to weigh a possible bid against U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello, D-Ivy, a freshman congressman up for re-election next year.