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Essex Bank opens new branch
The opening of Essex Bank in the former BB&T bank building on Route 60 beside the sheriff’s office in Cumberland is being hailed by the ...
The opening of Essex Bank in the former BB&T bank building on Route 60 beside the sheriff’s office in Cumberland is being hailed by the ...
A new year at Buckingham Elementary School brings a new leader: Bryan Jackson has been named the school’s new principal. “I’m extremely excited to have ...
JORDAN MILES | HERALD Several new staff members and teachers have joined the ranks at Buckingham County Middle School this year. Pictured are, from left, ...
JORDAN MILES | HERALD Four members of the R.R. Moton High School Class of 1944 reunited recently at Charleys Waterfront Café. Pictured are, from left, ...
JORDAN MILES | HERALD Retired and former employees of Craddock-Terry reunited recently for their annual reunion at Teresa’s Place at Sprouse’s Corner in Dillwyn. The ...
Gray skies and a bit of rain couldn’t dampen Jayne Johnson and Sam Rabon’s enthusiasm for Farmville Area Habitat for Humanity’s (FAHH) latest project in ...
No one suffered injuries in a three-vehicle crash on South Main Street in Farmville on Tuesday. Acting Farmville Police Chief A.Q. “Andy” Ellington said officers ...
Forty-two-year-old Gregory Anthony Taylor received two life sentences Thursday in the murders of two men on Nov. 23, 2014. Buckingham Circuit Court Judge Donald Blessing ...
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued a permit for a $35 million solar energy facility on High Rock Road in Buckingham. Ten ...
The chairman of the Crossroads Community Services Board, the agency itself and Crossroads’ executive director are denying all claims filed against them by four former ...
A 42-year-old convicted murderer is set to be sentenced Thursday in Buckingham Circuit Court. A circuit court judge convicted Gregory Anthony Taylor on April 29 ...
Dr. Twitty J. Styles and his family have pledged a $25,000 donation to the Moton National Historic Landmark and Museum. The former R.R. Moton High ...
A Powhatan General District Court judge could certify a murder case against an 18-year-old Rice man to a grand jury on Sept. 23. The judge’s ...
A 43-year-old Meherrin man is charged in connection with allegedly choking his girlfriend and holding her against her will. Matthew Scott Ingraham is charged with ...
The Longwood Real Estate Foundation has purchased 45,000 square feet of retail space for $7.1 million. The purchase includes the ground floor of the four ...
Farmville-based STEPS Inc. is set to receive $2.7 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support Early Head Start programs across ...
Longtime Moton National Historic Landmark and Museum staff member Justin G. Reid is leaving to become the director of African American Programs at the Virginia ...
A community-policing forum held July 28 in the Farmville Town Council meeting chamber included discussions about the use of body cameras, racial profiling, and other ...
Farmville Town Council has adopted a code of ethics, an ethics pledge and reinstituted an ethics committee. The actions came during council’s July 13 meeting. ...
It all started when she was watching TV in her living room. Nine-year-old Olivia Fortune, a rising fourth grader at Fuqua School, likes watching “The ...
Farmville Town Council is set to discuss the flow of traffic on the south end of Peery Drive off of South Main Street and its ...
Sherry S. Ragland is the new chairman of the Buckingham County School Board. Ragland, who represents District Five on the board, succeeds District Three board ...
A 26-year-old Jetersville man is charged with a felony and several misdemeanors after leading police on a high-speed chase through Amelia and Prince Edward counties ...
Someone slashed 22 tires slashed on nine new vehicles at Haley Auto Mall on South Main Street in Farmville on July 25, causing more than ...
Lightning struck three homes during storms Tuesday evening, one of which destroyed a three-story home in Darlington Heights. As lightning danced and thunder boomed across ...
Cumberland farmer Dr. Roger Hatcher has withdrawn his resignation as chairman of the county’s water and sewer advisory committee and has rejoined the body. “He ...
Farmville and Prince Edward County’s industrial development authorities (IDA) have approved tax incentives for a Holiday Inn Express planned for East Third Street behind the ...
Saturday’s game at Sojka Pavilion has the Bucknell Bison (2-2) matching up with the Richmond Spiders (1-2) at…
The UT Martin Skyhawks versus the Longwood Lancers is a game to watch on the Saturday Big South…
Saturday’s NBA slate has five quality games in store. Among them is the San Antonio Spurs facing the…
In college hoops action on Saturday, the Seattle U Redhawks versus the UCSD Tritons is among the 10…
Zachary Palmer-Smith will lead the Richmond Spiders (8-2) into their game against the Hampton Pirates (5-5) at Armstrong…