Big Island News

As usual, the blues will be hot in Sedalia this summer. Alligator Records artist Burks has been playing guitar since he was a wee lad, and now he's a giant, in stature and on his instrument.

The springtime phenomenon causing fish to develop lesions or die from illness may have been tempered this year in the upper James River by the cold, wet spring.

Good match up in American Legion play Friday night at Forest Middle School. Big Island faces Lynchburg in a battle of 4-and-1 teams going in.

A Bedford County man will go to jail for selling roosters for cockfighting. Bedford County Circuit Court Judge James Updike on Tuesday sentenced Avery Fitzgerald to a four-month term after he pleaded guilty to a charge of aiding, abetting or promoting animal fighting.

Bedford Co., VA - According to VDOT 's website, Route 501 in Bedford County has been re-opened as of 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

June 5, 2009 Tractor Trailer crash closes Route 501 in Bedford County A tractor trailer crash in Bedford County has closed Route 501 in the Big Island area.

Amateur radio enthusiasts are joining forces with the government to help you get ready for the transition to digital-only television.

A 24-year-old man who was shot twice by a man in McCully remained in critical condition yesterday, and the suspect was at large last night, a police spokeswoman said.

Southeast Amherst Co. and Northeastern Bedford Co. are under warning until 4:15 a.m. Friday.

It didn't take Ken Knight long to realize he had gotten himself lost on April 26.

Authorities are searching for a hiker missing on the Appalachian Trail in Amherst County.

On a 5-3 vote, the Bedford County School Board axed a proposal to begin varsity lacrosse programs at Jefferson Forest High School despite claims from parents, coaches and students that it could be done at no cost to the school system.

Roger Cheek, vice chairman of the Bedford County Board of Supervisors, announced Monday he would not be running for re-election later this year.

Fire ripped through the second story of a Monelison firefighter's house on Elon Road on Wednesday morning.

Get a steaming stomach load of musical yet figurative innards, courtesy of these Toronto, Ontario-based Celtic rockers.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS Until 4:45 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 4:45 p.m. for: Bedford City, Bedford Co., Western Campbell Co., Northeastern Franklin Co., Northern Pittsylvania Co.

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors stuck to its guns Monday evening and did not allocate any additional funding for the county's school board.

The festival is April 25 at Sedalia Center, which I'll say from experience is a pretty drive and a fun hang.

A©2009 NCL Magazine : Photos By Ben Hernandez : 40,000 pounds of potatoes set on the parking lot at Nelson United Methodist Church in Arrington, Virginia near Colleen.

Work crews blocked five miles of Route 501 in Bedford County, from Perch Road to Route 122 to clean up a wreck from Tuesday.