Thaxton News

A Thaxton man had to be flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Sunday afternoon after he crossed both sides of the U.S. 460 bypass in Bedford and struck a tree.

Summertime school-related maintenance will be a focus tonight at a Bedford County School Board meeting.

May 15, 2009 Bedford County church hosts job fair A Bedford County church found a new way to give back to the community Friday.

A group of second through sixth graders from Thaxton Elementary School in Bedford County got to cruise on the Virginia Dare at Smith Mountain Lake on Friday, for meeting their Spring reading goals.

Bedford Co., VA - Counselors are at Liberty High school in Bedford County after a student died in a car crash with two other teens on Wednesday.

Police have released new information on a deadly accident Wednesday in Bedford County.

Bedford Co., VA - If you're planning to drive Route 460 in Bedford County, you may need some extra time.

Expect temporary closures in the eastbound lanes, as clean-up crews work at the scene of the crash.

A Bedford County grand jury indicted a Stewartsville woman on a charge of first-degree murder and a Thaxton man on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in unrelated cases Friday.

A Bedford County man is in jail, charged with three counts of aggravated sexual battery of a minor.

A Bedford woman who crashed into a utility pole and then a building in Bedford County on Sunday is charged with driving under the influence, Virginia State Police said.

The difference between broadband and dial-up Internet access in rural areas amounts to a digital divide, said Mark Flynn of the Virginia Municipal League.