Advertisement
February 29, 2008
Churches, Bedford County talking out zoning dispute
Bedford County officials are working with area clergy to stress that county zoning only regulates land use, not the right to worship, though some feel otherwise.Pearson Cancer Center three months away from opening
Empty spaces show concrete where tile or carpet soon will reside, and the dusty business of construction still is underway, but the Alan B. Pearson Regional Cancer Center is barely three months from opening.Academy art gallery opening soon
This time, First Fridays will feature a different kind of first.Bedford schools ask for $5.9 million more in new budget
The Bedford County School Board approved a $110 million budget for the 2008-09 school year Thursday night.
Man charged in murder had not been at job for a month
Posted 12:15 p.m. Wesley Earnest, charged this week in the December death in Forest of his estranged wife Jocelyn, had not been in the Chesapeake school where he is an assistant principal for about a month, school officials there said today.City man indicted on child porn charges
Posted 11:20 a.m. Matthew Tunnell was indicted Wednesday on one count of receiving or attempting to receive child pornography, specifically DVDs that had been mailed to him. He also was indicted on another count of knowingly possessing and attempting to possess child pornography sent through the mail.February 28, 2008
Bedford schools ask for $5.9 million more in new budget
The Bedford County School Board approved a $110 million budget for the 2008-09 school year Thursday night.Child’s play sparks Madison Heights blaze
A child playing with matches or a lighter started a house fire in Amherst County on Thursday evening, Monelison Fire Chief Rick Hunter said.Teen’s sex charges move to grand jury
RUSTBURG - A Campbell County judge found probable cause Thursday that a Campbell County teenager forcibly sodomized two girls last year, abducting one of them in the process.Police cruiser crash injures toddler
A Thursday afternoon accident involving a police cruiser put a 2-year-old child in the hospital with head injuries, according to Virginia State Police.Concord Elementary makes most of space during renovations
Students and staff arriving at Concord Elementary School in January after winter break found the school's $15.6 million renovation and expansion project in full swing.Grand jury to hear ex-teacher sex case
A grand jury will hear charges in April against a former Staunton River High School technology teacher accused of having a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student on school grounds.Grand jury will hear sex charges against former teacher
Posted 3:50 p.m. A former technology teacher at Staunton River High School who is accused of having a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student on school grounds will have those charges heard by a grand jury in April.Slain Forest woman’s estranged husband charged with murder
Details of exactly what happened to a Forest woman found shot in her home are still unclear, but police have charged her estranged husband two months after her death.Video: Bedford Sheriff discusses murder investigation
February 27, 2008
Bedford County School Board to discuss budget, realignment
The Bedford County School Board will have a 6 p.m. closed meeting and a 7 p.m. regular meeting today at the Bedford Science and Technology Center auditorium.Fire totals couple’s Wiggington Road house
A Wednesday afternoon fire destroyed a Lynchburg couple's house after something apparently caught fire while they were away.Flu season peaking in Central Va.
Flu season may be nearing a peak in the Lynchburg area, contributing its share of suffering to the continuing, widespread flu throughout most of the nation.Bedford man hit with 12 charges against children
A Bedford man has been charged with a dozen counts of sexual assault against two children.Elks National Home seeks historic status
The Elks National Home in Bedford is 105 years old and counting.Kaine signs bill naming Falwell Parkway
RICHMOND - It's official. A stretch of U.S. 460 in Lynchburg will be named the Jerry Falwell Parkway, an honor that transcends party politics, his two sons said Wednesday.Charges reduced for would-be bank robber
A 72-year-old man accused of bank robbery got a break Wednesday morning when Lynchburg Commonwealth's Attorney Michael Doucette reduced the charge to attempted robbery.Scam scares with murder message
Lynchburg police are warning residents of an e-mail scam that demands money to supposedly prevent the contract murder of the e-mail's recipient.The News & Advance Online Maps Guide
The popular Web sites Google and Yahoo allow users to create customized maps with showing local areas.
Lynchburg chamber eyes new site
Posted 11:50 a.m. The former Billy Joe's Restaurant on Border Street, near the Kirkley Hotel and River Ridge Mall, would give the business group a more central location and more room for parking, officials said.Police: Man with gun at Ferrum College ‘intended to do harm’
Posted 11:59 a.m. A sheriff's office major said that assessment is based on information previously unreleased to the public, including additional statements a housekeeper claims the man with the gun made to her.Police: E-mail scam demands money, threatens life
Posted 11:50 a.m. Lynchburg police are warning residents of an e-mail scam that demands money to supposedly prevent the contract murder of the e-mail's recipient.Man, 72, pleads guilty to bank robbery attempt
Posted 10:50 a.m. The man told authorities he was being kicked off the land he lived on and he didn't have money to move his trailer. He told the teller was trying to get locked up.Corporate tax break bill held for study
RICHMOND - A bill that could give a tax break to Lynchburg-area companies including Barr Laboratories was held over for a year of study Tuesday in a Senate committee.Bedford County says no to coyote bounty
Accepting a recommendation from the county's agricultural economic development advisory board, supervisors agreed late Monday that a $50 bounty for coyote kills would not help farmers with attacks.February 26, 2008
