BEDFORD COUNTY

A tractor-trailer accident has closed Rt. 501 in Bedford County.

On June 18, 2022, at approximately 2:15 p.m., Blue Ridge Parkway Dispatch operators got a call of a single motor vehicle collision near milepost 77.

The Department of Wildlife Resources has identified the man whose body was found in a Bedford County lake at about 6:30 p.m. Monday.

The body of a missing Amherst County man was found Saturday in the James River, according to the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office.

VDOT is finishing a two-year construction project that straightened a dangerous, 1.5-mile S-curve in the eastbound lane.

The group, who’ve become better known as the Lynchburg Loonies, are trading their gym in Forest for the big stage in San Antonio.

A local sheriff is going a step further to keep his community and the Commonwealth safe.

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.

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

The twister was rated EF-1 with maximum wind gusts of 95 miles per hour

While no one was killed in its wake, the twister with wind gusts of 135 miles per hour brought miles of destruction to a Forest neighborhood.

Happy Monday and welcome to another edition of Beyond The Forecast!

Dozens attended the Stars and Stripes Forever Concert.

After a EF-2 tornado barreled through a neighborhood in Bedford County, dozens of people work to clean up the mess.

Bedford County officials held a press conference after severe weather tore through the area, leaving destruction in its path.

After assessing 50 structures, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management says only 15 sustained damage during Friday morning’s severe weather in Bedford County. We’re told three of those were destroyed.

A tornado warning that was issued for parts of Bedford County has expired.

Authorities are searching for a 10-year-old boy missing out of Bedford County.

A tractor-trailer crash has closed lanes on US 460 West in Bedford County, according to VDOT.

A tractor-trailer crash has closed lanes on US-460 East in Bedford County, according to VDOT.

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

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

Ahead of the busy holiday weekend, conservation police with the Department of Wildlife Resources are reminding people to be safe while out boating.

A father was arrested and is facing charges for the death of his 2-month-old baby, according to the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.

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

A Bedford County man was cited after he claims he forgot about two loaded guns found in his carry-on by TSA at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport.

The Bedford County School Board has approved a 10-year plan that will bring millions of dollars in upgrades to the school division.

Virginia State Police are asking for your help in finding a car they say was involved in a hit-and-run back in April that left a motorcyclist injured.

A Bedford County man was sentenced to 26 years in federal prison for his role in a drug distribution conspiracy and discharging a firearm, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for Western Virginia.

Thanks to Melissa for sending us today's Picture of the Day from Bedford County!

Due to recent redistricting, Bedford County is no longer in Virginia’s 6th congressional district, except for one home.

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.

The students at Jefferson Forest High School in Bedford County are setting a standard for inclusivity and it’s reaching people across the nation.

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

Opioid abuse is seen everywhere, even in Bedford County.

A crash claimed the life of a 16-year-old Forest girl on Wednesday, April 20, according to Virginia State Police.

You might notice smoke in parts of our area on Sunday.

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 group will take veterans from our area to Washington D.C. free of charge.

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

A man from the Roanoke Valley is facing multiple drug and weapon charges.

He sat down with first responders, health care workers, teachers and economic developers to talk about launching broadband.

Record-high inflation is one of many things Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Warner is speaking about in communities across the Commonwealth this week.

A ten-week FBI training course in Quantico is something few local law enforcement get to experience, but Captain Shannon Zimmerman is able to say he has.

Governor Glenn Youngkin is amending a controversial bill that could lift a partial ban on facial recognition technology in Virginia.

A motorcyclist is in the hospital after a hit-and-run in Danville on Tuesday morning, according to Virginia State Police.

The Bedford County native has spent 16 years with the department, and prior to that served 14 years at Bedford Memorial Hospital.

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

The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office has identified two separate groups of juveniles as suspects in connection to two separate cases of vehicle thefts in the Forest area.

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...