A single-vehicle crash on Saturday evening left one senior woman dead and one man injured, sources said.

A missing Russell County woman and her one-year-old child were found in the Town of Bedford on Feb. 16 after being missing for more than ten days, according to the Bedford Police Department.

Those driving on Route 43 in Bedford can expect delays due to a crash involving a tractor-trailer Monday morning, according to the Bedford Fire Department.

The Town of Bedford held a press conference following a hazmat incident that sent two people to the hospital and resulted in parts of the town being evacuated.

Captain Ronnie Lewis will become Bedford’s thirteenth police chief in nearly a century.

If you have a great business idea, now is your chance to get funding and become your own boss. Applications are open for the 8th annual Gauntlet Business Program and Competition. New this year, a matching grant program to help more entrepreneurs in Martinsville. Uptown partnership with match funding from the city of Martinsville was selected to receive $90,000 through the governor's community business launch grant.

The new building will have 58 units of one, two, and some three-bedroom apartments. It will also include a fitness facility and yoga studio.

BEDFORD, Va. – Bedford officials are hosting a virtual town hall Tuesday to discuss the future of a busy and dangerous roadway. They’re talking about the intersection of Longwood Avenue (Route 122) and Independence Boulevard (U.S. Highway 221). Bedford officials are partnering with the Central Virginia Planning District Commission to hear the results of a study conducted in that area over the past year. Then there’s always the alternative to do nothing,” explained Mary Zirkle, the economic development coordinator for the town of Bedford. CVPDC said since 2015, there have been at least 35 crashes at or near the intersection, six of which caused injuries.

BEDFORD, Va. – Bedford town leaders are looking for community input over a troubled intersection. Longwood Avenue is one of the major gateways into the Town of Bedford. Now there’s an intersection study underway. She says the study fits in with what the town is already doing on Longwood Avenue, like the Loop Project. You just have to watch and be careful.”The meeting will be on Tuesday at the Bedford Central Library starting at 4:30 p.m.

BEDFORD, Va. - Next time youre near the municipal building in the Town of Bedford, you may see some pink water gushing from the fountain. It's the first time public works officials have dyed the water pink. During the whole month of October, town leaders are encouraging people to stop by and drop some change into the fountain. Town leaders say the money collected will be donated to a breast cancer foundation. Town officials say they ordered the pink dye from a company they get their chemicals from.