Bedford County (Virginia)

Police officers and sheriff's deputies took their cars off the road Saturday to do a little fundraising. Patrol vehicles from all over Virginia were in Bedford for the Police Car Show.  The event is hosted by the Bedford Police Department and the Bedford...

The company a man was working for when he was killed is raising money for his wife and two young children. Adam Henry died in the accident Monday night. He was driving an oil tanker for Watts Petroleum, when it tipped. Crews are still cleaning up...

7000 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel spilled on Monday night, when a tanker overturned on Route 460 East in Bedford County. An environmental contractor is now removing contaminated soil and rock from the area, a job that could close the eastbound...

Who says you can't come home again? After several years away, Camp Virginia Jaycee will return to its original site. For nearly 40-years the camp in Bedford County catered to special needs kids and adults. But, the last couple of years have been...

A person wanted by several police agencies for water treatment scams has been arrested. Larry Foster was arrested Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. Foster was wanted for scams in Bedford County, Franklin County, and several other states. Foster has...

Two teachers from our viewing area have been selected as regional teachers of the year. Roanoke City Public Schools teacher Tracey Nielsen has been selected as the 2013 Region 6 Teacher of the Year, and Bedford County Public Schools teacher David Webb...

The Big Island Volunteer Fire Company has released a statement, regarding the arrest of Tony Ware.  The statement, written by Chief Brandon Cocke, reads as follows: In the late fall of 2010 officers of the Big Island Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. began to...

Virginia State Police have identified the man who was killed Friday morning in a Bedford County car accident on Route 122. 68-year-old Daniel William Closen of Moneta died in the accident. He was driving a Plymouth van, and was pronounced dead at the...

An Amherst man has been charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Investigators have charged Galen Andrew Wright and took him into custody. Additional charges may be pending. In June, A Bedford County investigator found a suspect in the...

Twelve people are facing drug charges in Bedford County following an eight-month operation. According to the Bedford County Sheriff's Office, the charges are against middle and upper-level dealers accused of selling drugs in Bedford County. In all,...

A man from Hardy is dead after a car crash Friday in Bedford County. A spokesman with the Virginia State Police says Michael Andrew Hajduk was travelling on Route 619, just west of Route 1600, when he ran off the road and hit a mailbox and several...

Ovarian cancer patients are living longer, but the disease still haunts those diagnosed. Living with ovarian cancer for four years, she’s already beat the odds of a disease once called the Silent Killer. Alice Vogt lives in Bedford County with her...