Coffee with a Cop at The Whole Bean Coffee House 
National Night Out 2026 
SML Walk to End Poverty 
Smith Mountain Lake Dine Out to Life Up 
Phoebe Needles Center, Inc. Raising the Shade 
Rocky Mount Teen Killed in Crash on Sontag Road
ROCKY MOUNT – Virginia State Police is investigating a single vehicle crash, which resulted in…
Authorities Investigating After Unfounded Report of a Gun on FCHS Campus
ROCKY MOUNT – On today’s date, November 18th, 2021, there was an incident at the…
Man Arrested After Bedford Co. Assaults at Food Lion Following Car Chase
BEDFORD CO. – On 11-13-21, Bedford Communications Center received a call about a male subject…
Effie Arlene Clayton
Effie Arlene Clayton, age 81 of Rocky Mount died Monday, November 15, 2021. She was…
SML 2021 Chili Festival Winners Announced
WESTLAKE – The team from Lake Haven Trailer Park claimed all three top prizes at the…
Eight Injured, Including Three Firefighters in SML House Fire
SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE – At approximately 11:29 pm on Saturday, November 13th, 2021, the Franklin…
Bedford Sheriff’s Dept Warns of Scammers Claiming to be Them
BEDFORD CO. The Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is warning citizens of persons calling and representing…
Bassett Man Among Two Killed in Henry Co. Crash on Route 57
HENRY COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police is investigating a two-vehicle crash that resultedin two…
Three Students, Driver Injured in Henry Co. Bus Crash
HENRY CO. – At 3:55 p.m. Monday, November 8 in the 5000 block of Appalachian…