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State birds and flowers have rich history
By Randi Clifford VCE South Central Master Gardener Did you ever wonder how the state bird designation got started? In the 1980s official state bird ...
By Randi Clifford VCE South Central Master Gardener Did you ever wonder how the state bird designation got started? In the 1980s official state bird ...
It can be easy to feel like an exile in our world today. Cable news, social media, even family dinners and break room conversations can ...
In a recent Bible study at our church, we began by sharing our feelings on the massacres in Buffalo, New York, and Uvale, Texas. Some ...
Community: living in the same area, sharing, caring and helping one another in a time of need. It is our vision at STEPS Inc. to ...
By James Harris Special to The Farmville Herald Mickey Smith, Billy Simmons, Chris Harvell, and I met at the Wingina boat landing on the James ...
As Benjamin Franklin walked out of Independence Hall at the close of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, an elder woman approached him and asked, “Well, ...
The recent decision by the Farmville Town Council to close the Municipal Golf Course effective June 30 of this year should be reconsidered. Based on ...
I read the letters to the editor supporting the flying of the Confederate flag and removal of the Confederate statue from High Street. The writers ...
Buckingham County faces the prospect of a gold mine within its borders. Many of the county’s residents are opposed to it. If it is permitted, ...
From the crimson eyesore upon the prominent hill overlooking the grand entrance of business 460 into Farmville, the casual passersby could not be faulted for ...
By Lauren Bradshaw Special to The Farmville Herald THE NORTHMAN, written and directed by Robert Eggers, is totally worth the hype. Brutal, raw, intense and ...
For two years the government has printed and borrowed trillions of dollars, over regulated and locked down the economy, seized more control over our lives, ...
By Dr. Jes Simmons Retired Longwood English Professor and Administrator Dr. Gordon Van Ness is a class of 1972 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College who became ...
In Daniel 4, King Nebuchadnezzar was in the peak of his reign as the monarch of the known world. Verse 4 tells us, “I, Nebuchadnezzar, ...
“Then he began to curse and to swear that he kew bot the nan” (Mt. 26,74) St. Peter, who was clearly the leader of the ...
As the weather warms and the spring flowers and grasses begin to grow, farmers and home gardeners prepare to sow seed and plant new fruits, ...
BY JONNIE MELILLO CLASEN Tears ran down the faces of combat veterans March 3, as they watched the WW II PBS documentary premiere of “They ...
“Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.” —Benjamin Franklin In the first six months of the current fiscal year, STEPS provided homeless ...
Marjorie “Margy” King Smith, a resident of Brookview Lodge at The Woodland in Farmville, was born March 9, 1922 and grew up on a cotton ...
“What would you risk dying for—and for whom—is perhaps the most profound question a person can ask themselves. The majority of people in modern society ...
Quality, affordable housing continues to be a great need in our region. Having a place to call home that is safe, healthy and affordable is ...
The wise African sage Luqman advised his son to honor and obey his parents. The story then generalizes this theme when he tells his son ...
The Buckingham County Planning Commission (PC) and Board of Supervisors (BOS) should be paying attention to all the recent issues counties around the Commonwealth have ...
Let’s break out the crystal ball and peer into the possible future, say perhaps, eight years out. You go shopping at your favorite grocery store. ...
The authority structure in America is in disarray, how are we to respond to the growing disrespect towards governing officials? In 1 Peter 2:17 we ...
By Lauren Bradshaw Special to The Farmville Herald It has been a long time since I have been as excited about a movie release as ...
When I was a youngster in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, my family taught me to pray The Lord’s Prayer. Later, after returning from Vietnam, ...
Today’s NBA slate has plenty of excitement, including a matchup between the Denver Nuggets and the New Orleans…
There are four games on the college basketball schedule on Sunday that feature a ranked team. That includes…
There are plenty of exciting matchups on Sunday in A-10 action, including the William & Mary Tribe taking…
Sunday’s college basketball schedule includes top teams in play. Among the 10 games our computer model likes, in…
Top 25 teams will take the court across six games on Sunday’s college basketball slate. That includes the…