The Bedford County School division on Tuesday sent apology letters to parents of Otter River Elementary fifth-graders who were mistakenly given pamphlets on personal hygiene that delved into sexual education.

City of Bedford and Bedford County officials were publicly united Tuesday in supporting reverting the city to a town.

BEDFORD — A growing church near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta received the blessing of Bedford County officials to expand.

The rails of the James River Foot Bridge near Snowden are a frequent jumping point for thrill-seekers.

Growth in Moneta recently has led Bedford County officials to consistently review residential and commercial development.

A 19-year-old Florida man was killed and three others injured in an early-morning car accident Sunday along the Smith Mountain Lake Parkway in Huddleston, according to Virginia State Police.

Officials at Virginia’s Region 2000 partnership are keeping an eye on where high-speed Internet access is available.

A recently released state water quality report designates 45 Lynchburg area streams and lakes as impaired — most because they contain too much E. coli. The report adds more than 1,600 miles of streams and rivers throughout the state to the impaired list, but that’s mostly because more waterways — 16,191 miles, or 31 percent, of all state waters — were assessed.

FOREST — A white picket fence beside fields of green along Tabernacle Lane in Forest is a sight worth seeing.

A logging accident killed a man in western Bedford County on Friday morning. Bedford County Sherriff’s Captain Kevin Adams said 69-year-old Haden Dunbar of Roanoke died when the skidder he was operating rolled down an embankment. A skidder is a vehicle used for cutting trees.

Nestled in a quiet residential city of Bedford neighborhood with scenic mountain views, Bedford Memorial Hospital has served many patients in 52 years. Hospital staff is working to ensure people passing through on nearby highways will know how to find it.

John Sines, owner of John’s Transmission Repair, is getting caught up in the shop after spending the first part of his week talking to Bedford investigators trying to piece together the crime scene that started at his business.

Police will conduct a free child safety seat check starting at 3 p.m. Friday at the Bedford Wal-Mart.

A barn fire at a dairy farm Tuesday night burned for hours, killing a number of the farm’s livestock, according to officials with the Bedford Fire Department.

A fire sparks in a Bedford County family’s pick-up truck, and spreads to part of their home near Stewartsville.