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Farmville

Budget change proposed

The Farmville Town Council has proposed an amendment of over $5 million to the current $18.5 million budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 town operating ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:01 pm

Education

Debate could cost up to $4 million

How will Longwood pay for the debate and how much will it cost? The vice-presidential debate at Longwood University next fall could cost the school ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:01 pm

Buckingham

Random drug tests administered

A random sampling of student athletes was recently drug tested in Buckingham County as part of the new drug testing policy implemented for students in ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:58 pm

Education

Baker tells H-SC’s ‘unknown story’

The Atkinson Museum at Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC) recently debuted The Untold Story, a tribute to the early African-American workers of the college compiled by curator ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, November 5, 2015 1:33 pm

Buckingham

BCHS offers Princeton Review SAT course

Buckingham County High School (BCHS) is offering a unique program to prepare students for upcoming SATs, which many times makes or breaks a student’s acceptance ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, November 5, 2015 1:31 pm

Buckingham

Newspaper gives a voice to students

Talented and Gifted (TAG) students at Buckingham Middle School have debuted The Knightly News, a new publication at the school. “I have been the librarian ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 11:52 am

Buckingham

Couple raises awareness for hunger through challenge

Two Buckingham residents recently took the Virginia Hunger Solutions’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) challenge to raise hunger awareness locally. “Basically, we are living off ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 11:41 am

Education

SVCC inaugurates fifth president

Dr. Alfred A. Roberts was inaugurated as the fifth president of Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) on Friday at the John J. Cavan Workforce Development ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 11:37 am

Buckingham

Two schools meet the mark — divisions falter in English and math pass rates 

Only Prince Edward and Buckingham high schools earned full state accreditation in The Herald’s coverage area based on student performance during last school year’s Standard ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:10 pm

Cumberland

Team WIN volunteers redesign classrooms

For the past three years Cumberland Elementary School’s Team WIN (What’s Important Now) has transformed classroom pods into works of art. According to community volunteer ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:07 pm

Cumberland

Watson named first lady’s assistant

A Fuqua School alumna has been appointed executive assistant to Virginia’s first lady. Cumberland County-native Lindsey R. Watson, who graduated from Fuqua in 2001, is ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 29, 2015 12:06 pm

Buckingham

Metal detectors still a possibility for schools

What’s the status of the request for metal detectors at Buckingham’s schools? A months-old suggestion by a county supervisor to place metal detectors in each  ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, October 27, 2015 11:31 am

Buckingham

Reduced funding impacts schools

Area school divisions have felt the pains of state funding losses over the past several years and the impacts have resulted in a loss of ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 22, 2015 2:23 pm

Cumberland

Church fights hunger with mobile food pantry

Over the past 12 months, Fitzgerald Memorial Baptist Church has been filling a vital need in the community through its establishment and organization of the ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 22, 2015 1:51 pm

Education

Students raise funds for flood victims

Prince Edward County Middle School students recently collected over $370 to help in the flood recovery efforts at Dent Middle School in Columbia, S.C. Dent ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 22, 2015 12:20 pm

Education

Charter school project deemed infeasible

What’s the latest on the Moton Museum’s Southside Virginia Regional Charter School project? In 2012 the government-funded Moton Museum’s Southside Virginia Regional Charter School Project ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, October 20, 2015 11:50 am

Farmville

July fireworks will remain unchanged

The Farmville Town Council has voted to keep the town fireworks event on July 3 and possibly conduct another celebration on Labor Day weekend if ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10:39 am

Buckingham

Book festival celebrated

Longwood University hosted the second annual Virginia Children’s Book Festival (VCBF) on Friday and Saturday to promote reading in Southside Virginia — bringing more children, ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10:27 am

Cumberland

Walk for education raises $4,000

The Cumberland County Public Schools Foundation raised over $4,000 during its annual Walk for Education held Oct. 9 at the high school’s track. Students and ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:45 pm

Education

Carricato forecasts weather live for WRIC

There’s a new weatherman in Farmville. On Oct. 9, a Prince Edward County Middle School (PECMS) student made his television debut on Richmond’s WRIC 8News ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 15, 2015 5:24 pm

Education

Fuqua lends a helping hand

In celebration of homecoming, Fuqua School students participated in the annual Fuqua Day of Service on Thursday in several locations across the Farmville area. According ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:04 pm

Education

Council discusses budget for debate

The Town of Farmville could see new lighting and sidewalks, resurfaced streets, new police uniforms and vehicles and a push for more beautification across town ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, October 13, 2015 11:40 am

Education

Longwood holds inaugural white coat ceremony

Longwood University’s Department of Nursing held their inaugural Gold-AACN (American Association of Colleges of Nursing) White Coat Ceremony for sophomore nursing students in Blackwell Ballroom ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, October 13, 2015 11:39 am

Buckingham

Literacy lacks in Southside Virginia

Statistics from the National Assessment of Adult Literacy estimate that up to 22 percent of adults in Southside Virginia do not have the ability to ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 8, 2015 1:02 pm

Education

Training on the big screen

Buckingham County High School’s Career and Technical Center (CTE) is creating the next top producers through their hands-on television production class. According to TV production ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 8, 2015 12:58 pm

Education

Debate ‘likely’ to affect LU calendar

Though the 2016-17 Longwood University academic calendar is likely to change because of next October’s vice-presidential debate, it’s unclear exactly how it will affect staff ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Thursday, October 8, 2015 5:03 am

Education

High school may see full accreditation

Prince Edward County High School could be on its way to receiving full accreditation based on recent Standards of Learning (SOL) test results. According to ... Read more

by Italia Gregory, Tuesday, October 6, 2015 11:02 am

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