Bedford County wants to hear from skateboarders on the design of a newly approved skate park.

A three-piece octagonal dining table believed to have belonged to Thomas Jefferson will be on public display Saturday at Poplar Forest.

BEDFORD — A few months after levying several tax increases to offset the effects of a struggling economy, Bedford City Council approved a measure Tuesday that will reduce customers’ electric bills by 5 percent.

The economy’s crippling effect on construction has led the Bedford County Planning Commission to scarcely review land use projects in 2009, according to mid-year report on activities and trends. The commission did not receive any requests this year from Jan. 1 to June 30 for rezonings, zoning text changes or special review projects and held only two public hearings on separate requests for special use permits.

The Bedford County School Board decided Thursday to hold a workshop Sept. 17 to discuss a long-term plan for facilities.

BEDFORD — An Appomattox man was sentenced to three months in jail Wednesday morning after pleading guilty to driving drunk in a May wreck that injured a Lynchburg prosecutor and killed her dog.

A pick-up truck driven by Rodney Wheeler, 36, of Roanoke, was driving south on Turner Branch Road in Stewartsville around 5:40 p.m. when it crossed the center line, police said.

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors will meet for the first time tonight as a newly established broadband authority.

A preliminary hearing for a Bedford County man charged in May with attempted murder was postponed Friday so that a mental health evaluation could be ordered, according to the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney.

The future of the Bedford Academy for Virtual Learning will be discussed tonight at a regular Bedford County School Board meeting, along with a preliminary report on whether the division expects to meet federal accountability standards known as AYP.

Next year, Bedford County could be home to a unique simulator that would be important for designing control rooms in future nuclear power plants.

On Wednesday, the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research unveiled details about the research campus it plans to build in a county business park on U.S. 460. Local industry and government officials attended the informal open house at Central Virginia Community College.

With about 3,800 miles behind them and no signs of fatigue apparent, two dozen bicyclists with Push America had dinner and dancing with ARC of Central Virginia’s day-care clients and their families Wednesday.

Bedford County’s current longest-serving supervisor has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy due to a weak economy’s toll on his business.

A North Carolina man who deputies said robbed area banks while wearing a series of bad wigs was indicted Friday by a Bedford County grand jury.

A Smith Mountain Lake resort community is preparing to build a waterfront condominium complex with what it bills as affordable offerings.