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Instead of closing at 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, Virginia ABC said that they will now close at 9 p.m.

In a press release Wednesday, Bedford County Public schools announced a revised budget that included salary increases for all employees.

The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help to find a missing 67-year-old woman.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines in Southwest Virginia.

A Bedford woman said she’s lucky to be alive after being trapped inside her home for hours during Wednesday night’s storm.

Here's a look at some of the stories we'll be following today as they make headlines in Southwest Virginia.

From arts and crafts to trying the food and playing games, young campers are being immersed in a world of American history.

Finding ways to battle high heat and humidity isn’t always a breeze, but experts say keeping cool is critical.

Todd Stone is a Bedford native who has spent 36 years with the department.

Thanks to Tammy for sending us today’s Pictures of the Day from Bedford!

Ever dream of taking a day excursion to Normandy? Children can experience the history and culture of northern France, right here in Bedford, at this year’s WWII Day Camp at the National D-Day Memorial.

A man is in the hospital after he was hit by lightning at the top of Sharp Top Mountain, according to the Bedford Fire Department.

A 72-year-old man was killed after being hit by a tractor-trailer on Route 460 in Bedford County, according to Virginia State Police.

Thanks to Vickey for sending us today’s Picture of the Day from Bedford!

On the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the National D-Day Memorial Foundation announced a $1 million gift that will be put towards the Motor Pool, a building that will house a collection of WWII-era cars and more.

Hundreds gathered to commemorate the largest and most consequential invasion in history Monday.

People can come to Smith Mountain Lake to remember the 58,000 soldiers who fought and passed away in the Vietnam War.

Our veterans give a lot to this country, sometimes, even paying the ultimate sacrifice.

Dozens attended the Stars and Stripes Forever Concert.

A tornado warning that was issued for parts of Franklin and Bedford and Franklin Counties has expired.

It’s for the annual Run for the Wall event, where riders travel from California to Washington D.C.

Three-year-old, Landry Wills, and 31-year-old, Noah Brooke, have become best of friends.

He has nearly three decades of experience in public safety, first serving Lynchburg’s fire department, then the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, and most recently as a captain with the Fairfax police department.

He spent the last 15 years as head of Bedford’s department, and he served the past 21 years in the City of Roanoke.

Her father, Billy, says the girl was having a picnic with her grandfather on the porch of their Bedford County home, when they noticed an animal charging at them.

A Central Virginia high school is preparing its students for the dangers of the road.

Someone is alive thanks to the aid of the Bedford Fire Department.

There was a major update in the redevelopment of the old Bedford Middle School Thursday, more than two years after an arson ripped through the building.

Tyler Booth was arrested and charged with killing 18-year-old Braeden Michael Bailey.

St. John's Episcopal Church partnered with the McShin Foundation for the mobile memorial called The White Marker Project.

Flint, who is diagnosed with autism, is assumed to be competent to withstand trial. But questions remain over his mental capacity.

Dressed in red, white and blue, a crowd welcomed home Virginia veterans from their Honor Flight to the nation’s capital.

Clinical physiologist, Dr. Robert Haxter, testified that he conducted a mental health evaluation on Flint and suggested either a guardianship or supervised residence based on the defendant’s autism diagnosis and condition.

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Honor Flight is back.

Extra protocols are being put in place at the facility, including more locks and labels on the tanks and better checklists for both employees and delivery drivers.

The reaction at the public hearing came as Bedford’s Board of Supervisors consider selling the facility to a private company.

The Town of Bedford held a press conference following a hazmat incident that sent two people to the hospital and resulted in parts of the town being evacuated.

Crews provided an update from the scene of a major hazardous material incident at the Bedford Wastewater Treatment Plant on Orange Street in Bedford.

Captain Ronnie Lewis will become Bedford’s thirteenth police chief in nearly a century.

Marks said it's possible the U.S. could face another wave of infection in the fall as the virus evolves and immunity wanes.

Prowse purchased more property near the marina to build a roller hockey rink, basketball court, and pickleball court.

Bedford has named a new chief of police.

The Bedford County Fire Marshals Office is investigating a fire that destroyed a home Monday afternoon.

Sunday marked five years since 17-year-old Raymond Wood was abducted from his Lynchburg home, driven into Bedford County, and killed by a group of alleged MS-13 gang members over marijuana.

Police say he was intoxicated while attempting to unload a gun in the passenger seat of a car.

A Roanoke man who was accused of attacking a Bedford realtor back in 2020 has been found guilty.

Here's some great news for pizza lovers!

After finishing the Lord’s prayer, the group handed out lists of ways to donate to Ukraine.

The open house is scheduled for Feb. 28 from 4:30 to 6:30PM at the Central Church of Christ in Bedford.

The trial for an accused MS-13 gang member charged in connection with the murder of a teenage boy in Bedford County is now finished.

Girls Basketball — Liberty 53, Alleghany 42 Liberty broke away in the second half in a game that was tied 22-22 at the halftime break in Bedford. Kendell Keene

How did this new strain of the novel coronavirus evolve? Researchers are investigating various possibilities. One leading theory involves ... just one person.

He's had quite a September. Bedford has just been named a MacArthur Fellow and was also awarded a $9 million, 7-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute for his work on the pandemic.

Facebook, which owns Instagram, found it's detrimental to kids' mental health. Here's what parents can do, once their teens are using it.

According to the complaint filed this week in U.S. District Court, living conditions for families in an apartment complex in suburban Maryland include rodent infestation and toxic mold.

Bedford is planning to spend around $16.5 million to improve thoroughfares and $12.3 million to repair neighborhood streets.

Bedford’s police chief said the city could save money by housing inmates in the Euless jail.

Giving people a choice of Covid-19 jabs could be the best way of converting those who are currently unsure about whether to have an injection, according to research. A major study by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine found that almost one in four people who were unsure about whether to accept a jab said they could be convinced by being offered a choice of vaccine. By contrast, only 11 per cent said they could be swayed by NHS advice. The survey of more than 16,000 people also foun

An infant who was about a year old died at a local hospital.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday morning.

Fully vaccinated people face still having to self-isolate for 10 days if they come into contact with someone infected with Covid after June 21, The Telegraph understands. The continued imposition of quarantine for those who have been vaccinated is likely to undermine plans for "normality" to return next month because people may be deterred from going to crowded places if they face the threat of enforced self-isolation. Workplaces may also be loath to mix vaccinated and unvaccinated staff if a case of Covid could see dozens of staff being forced into quarantine. In America, fully vaccinated people do not need to quarantine if they have come into contact with someone who has had Covid unless they are showing symptoms, according to guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Conclusions from a review into social distancing rules are due to be announced next week, with a relaxation of the need to keep one metre apart indoors and wear face masks possible from June 21 – the final stage in Boris Johnson's reopening roadmap for England.

After a national search, Bedford’s new fire chief is coming from southern California.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday evening.

Boris Johnson says "we’ll know a lot more in a few days time", amid concern over the Indian variant.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Monday evening.

The Manhattan district attorney's office has expanded its criminal probe of President Donald Trump's company to include a sprawling property in Westchester County, New York. The company's valuation of Seven Springs for a number of months has been the focus of a civil fraud investigation by the New York attorney general's office. Trump bought the property for only $7.5 million in 1996. Vance's office already was known to be investigating hush money payments made to women who said they had sex with Trump, as well as possible tax, bank and insurance fraud. Trump has denied having sex with the women, porn star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.

Bedford, who was in the group, said they carried Halloween themed props up the hospital’s fifth floor while escorted by hospital police. Some of the items they carried included a bouquet of dried flowers with a golden, plastic rat gripping a skeleton inside, Bedford said. The nurses delivered the flowers to one of their managers before officers told the group to leave because there were too many people, she said.

Margaret WrightBEDFORD Margaret Ann Reid Wright, 90, of Bedford, passed from this life to her Heavenly home on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 at the Bedford County Nursing Home. She was born March 14, 1929 in Floyd County, the daughter of the late George Washington Reid and Beulah Thompson Reid. She was retired from Piedmont Label Co., where she worked in the art department. She was a former member of Bedford Professional Women; and attended Ebenezer United Methodist Church and the Longwood Ave. Baptis...

Bedford Boys: Remembering a Virginia town's loss on D-Day 35 young men from Bedford, Virginia, were among first soldiers to storm Normandy beaches, and many of them never came home. Jan Crawford reports.