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Bedford

Partly Sunny
Temperature: 24.9 °F

Humidity: 55 %
Wind Speed: 3 mph WSW
Pressure: 30.37 "

Dew Point: 11 °F
Gusts: 20 mph NW
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Community Notes
  

  Annual Stuff a Stocking for the animals at Greene Co. Humane Society kicks off for 2008.

• INDOT To Hold Public Meeting On Plaza Drive Project
  

  The Indiana Department of Transportation is conducting a public meeting at their Vincennes office regarding the Plaza Drive project here in Bedford.

• BNL Offering Tips For College Financial Aid At Seminar Next Week
  

  It's getting to be that time of the year again. No, not Christmas shopping time or holiday pig-out time, but time to get your high school seniors gearing up for applying to college.

• School Upgrades Wireless Mics With MiPro
  

  Bedford North Lawrence Performing Arts Center recently upgraded its wireless microphone system with gear from MiPro, which is distributed in North America by Kansas City, MO-based Avlex Corporation.

• Election helps dismiss citya s undeserved designation
  

  "Come to Bedford - we're not like the rednecks in Martinsville," so said a woman from Bedford who overheard us discussing which towns in Southern Indiana to visit as we canvassed for Barack Obama.

• Bedford Police Looking For Missing Child
  

  The Bedford Police Department is looking for 13-year-old Ransom W. Lee. In a missing child alert, Bedford police say Lee was last seen Tuesday afternoon.

• Clarian merger talks in Bedford fall through
  

  Merger talks appear to have ended between the two hospitals in Bedford, one of which is owned by Indianapolis-based Clarian Health.

• Seymour Hikes Taxes To Raise Dwindling Revenues
  

  The between the recession and changes in the property tax laws, local municipalities are facing a major hurt on their budgets.

• One Injured In BNL Wreck
  

  One Bedford North Lawrence high school student was hospitalized yesterday morning after a three car wreck in front of the school.

• Indiana Auto Workers Waiting On Pins And Needles
  

  Several Indiana communities continue to feel the effects of the problems hitting the auto industry.

• Lawrence County Remains In Top 5 For Unemployment
  

  Bedford unemployment went up another few ticks in October. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development released statistics saying Lawrence County unemployment stands at 9.2%, up from 8.5% in September, and ...

• The best thing I've read on the GM crisis
  

  Tom has been an employee of General Motors since he graduated from Evansville University in 1974.

• Judge: Fight consensual, so no wrongdoing
  

  A pair of girls charged with assaulting two other girls during a melee behind a Bedford church in 2007 have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing.

• Firemen Investigating Blaze That Took Out Two Bedford Apartments
  

  An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a pair of apartments south of Bedford Monday afternoon.

• Robertson vital to mill restoration
  

  Banner/Chad Fleetwood MONITORING the operation of a stone mill dating back to 1854, Phil Robertson of Brownstown was instrumental in the renovation of Becka s Mill in southern Washington County.

• Environmentalists tout green energy job potential
  

  Environmental activists invigorated by President-elect Barack Obama's push for the nation to generate more of its power from the wind and sun are trying to get the word out that Obama's initiative could bring ...

• GM's "D-Day" May Be At The End Of December
  

  GM is still sweating bullets about the possibility of a bailout. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told the national media she hopes to have a package on President Bush's desk before Thanksgiving.

• Police find body of Bedford, Ind., missing man in wrecked SUV
  

  Authorities say a body found in a wrecked sport utility vehicle is that of a Bedford man who had been missing for nearly a week.

• Missing Man Found In Ravine
  

  The man police have been looking for since the middle of last week has been found dead in his SUV off of Teke Burton Drive.

City Description

Bedford is a city in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. The population was 13,768 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Lawrence County. Bedford is located at 38°51′46″N 86°29′32″W / 38.86278, -86.49222 (38.862728, -86.492329). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.9 square miles (30.8 km²), all of it land. Founded as a town and the county seat of Lawrence County, Indiana, United States around 1825. The original county seat was in Palestine, 4 miles to the south, but was moved, at the instigation of the legislature, to a new location as the original location near the White River was deemed unhealthy because of malaria caused by mosquitoes. The new site was named Bedford at the suggestion of a prominent local businessman, Joseph Rawlins, who had relocated to the area from Bedford County, Tennessee. The city received a charter in 1889. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,768 people, 6,054 households, and 3,644 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,157.1 people per square mile (446.7/km²). There were 6,618 housing units at an average density of 556.2/sq mi (214.7/km²). The racial

City Contained By:

• Lawrence County
• Indiana
• Shawswick Township

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 30.820858513 km squared

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