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Buckingham

Heslip named maintenance director

Having been named facilities and maintenance director following the retirement of longtime school administrator Ivan “Chip” Davis Jr., ... Read more

Business

Tipton’s Midway will close Sunday

Tipton’s Midway Grocery, a one-stop shop for home-cooked food, groceries and gasoline on Route 45 in Cumberland, will ... Read more

Cumberland

Meeting explores land use at reservoir

A meeting discussing development of the land surrounding the Cobbs Creek Reservoir was held by the Cumberland County ... Read more

Education

Students celebrate seniors’ success

Elementary and middle school students, as well as teachers and administrators, got to celebrate Prince Edward County High ... Read more

Cumberland

Cuts include positions, bonus

As part of budget cuts in its upcoming 2017-18 fiscal year (FY) budget, Cumberland County Public Schools will ... Read more

Education

Students ready for Boys and Girls State

Students at Buckingham County High School were recently tapped to attend Virginia Boys and Girls State. Daniel Brickhill ... Read more

Church & Community

Dinner unites faith groups

More than two dozen people gathered together to share a meal and better understand various faiths Saturday evening ... Read more

Cumberland

Telecommunications firm waits for lease

While a cellphone tower has been permitted for construction in Cumberland County near Jenkins Ridge Road, no lease ... Read more

Cumberland

‘Hit the ground running’

Nearly 100 seniors and hundreds more faculty, family members and friends flooded the Cumberland County High School gymnasium ... Read more

Farmville

Detour in place on West Third

Westbound travel lanes on West Third Street in downtown Farmville will be closed through the morning into the ... Read more

Buckingham

Packed house attends play

After skipping along the yellow brick road and diving under the sea, students from Buckingham County Middle School’s ... Read more

Buckingham

Memorial held for Bartee, Perez

A memorial honoring Tori Perez and Jaiden Bartee — two children who were killed and struck by a ... Read more

Buckingham

Measuring fiscal stress

Q: With the financial struggle Petersburg is going through, how do our counties and town governments fare when ... Read more

Buckingham

Graduates look to the future

Nearly 130 seniors at Buckingham County High School (BCHS) turned their tassels and walked across the gymnasium stage ... Read more

Local

Three-alarm blaze guts shed

A three-alarm fire gutted a large metal shed at 3629 Miller Lake Road in Rice on Tuesday morning. ... Read more

Education

‘Study Paws’ draws large crowd

Pets and people united for a brief break on Brock Commons at Longwood University the afternoon of May ... Read more

Education

Inaugural scholarships awarded

Two high school students with direct lineage to men and women affected by the public-school closings in Prince ... Read more

Cumberland

Bids sought for medical services

Cumberland County has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for emergency medical services (EMS) bids to staff the ... Read more

Cumberland

August trial set for Duncan

A Cumberland County woman facing more than two dozen charges of forgery and identity theft is set to ... Read more

Buckingham

Anderson goes to Washington

An inventive request to have a museum trip not count as a school absence led a Buckingham teenager ... Read more

Cumberland

Suspects indicted in break-ins

Two 19-year-old suspects involved with a string of breaking and enterings in Cumberland County have been indicted by ... Read more

Cumberland

Atkinson faces larceny charges

A Cumberland County woman was arrested and charged recently for stealing lottery tickets stemming from an incident in ... Read more

Cumberland

Child abuse suspect indicted

A 50-year-old Cumberland County man was arrested April 28 after being charged with neglect and child abuse of ... Read more

Cumberland

O’Connor indicted for child porn

A 40-year-old Cumberland County man was indicted on 10 counts of possession of child pornography by a Cumberland ... Read more

Farmville

Fire causes water damage

Crews from Farmville, Hampden-Sydney, Rice and Prospect volunteer fire departments responded to a reported kitchen fire Wednesday night ... Read more

Buckingham

Squad continues work on protocols

Leaders of the Buckingham County Volunteer Rescue Squad (BCVRS) continue to take steps to address concerns and allegations ... Read more

Cumberland

‘A loss for words’ — Community remembers Tyauna & Michaela

The short lives of Michaela Woodson, 16 and Tyauna Woodson, 14, are being mourned and remembered after a ... Read more

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