Judges are generally portrayed as austere, black-robed individuals, gavel in hand, issuing edicts and decrees from a seat above the masses. But in speaking to community members Friday afternoon, two
BEDFORD An Everett woman who fatally choked a 3-year-old boy in 2022 was sentenced to 40 to 80 years in prison after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of felony third-degree murder Monday afternoon in Bedford County Court. Chelsea Renae Cooley, 33, also pleaded guilty to one felony count each of endangering the welfare […]
BEDFORD Several fresh faces were sworn into office Friday morning, among them a new district attorney and two new county commissioners. Judge Brandi Hershey swore in former First Assistant District Attorney Ashlan Clark as district attorney. Clark thanked her friends, family and former District Attorney Dwight Diehl for their support. “I started my career […]