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Dowdy recalls hunting trips with Scalia

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died unexpectedly last week at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Texas, ... Read more

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Bringing the homeless home — group offers shelter

A brisk wind whistles around Beulah African Methodist Episcopal Church on a 20-degree day as Pastor Matthew Shannon and ... Read more

Church & Community

Finding February

February isn’t hard to find — it’s the second page on the calendar, after all. In terms of ... Read more

Columns

Support the arts

Farmville is a town that supports the arts as evidenced by two stories in the news this past ... Read more

Business

Offering a taste of art

Audrey Sullivan, owner of Red Door 104 art gallery and learning center, believes creating art is as simple ... Read more

Church & Community

Rotary’s Taste of Farmville — good taste for a good cause

The Farmville Rotary Club’s Taste of Farmville event is all about community. Set in late January and billed ... Read more

Church & Community

An umbrella defense — Super Bowl spotlights awareness

By Marge Swayne The Farmville Herald What do Farmville United Methodist Women (UMW) and Super Bowl 2016 have ... Read more

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A Mardi Gras Taste of Farmville

Centra Southside Community Hospital (CSCH) brought a taste of Mardi Gras and jambalaya to the Farmville Rotary Club’s ... Read more

Business

Christmas Mother program established

Farmville’s Christmas Mother project is coming up roses. The Farmville Junior Woman’s Club (FJWC) spearheaded a Christmas distribution ... Read more

Food & Fitness

Making the SNAP-Ed decision: Program offers healthy choices

Pauline Stokes and the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service SNAP-Ed program are on a mission to help local families ... Read more

Columns

Winter games and ‘snow-bored’ goats

Snow finally arrived this week at Elam, and the winter games are on. While the next Winter Olympics ... Read more

Columns

Emergency personnel helped us weather the storm

Winter Storm Jonas paid a visit to Farmville over the weekend and left over 10 inches of snow ... Read more

Church & Community

History preserved: Homemaking skills shared by Extension clubs

An era ended over lunch at the Riverside Cafe recently. The Just a Mere Club, one of Prince ... Read more

Church & Community

Contributing to ‘fabric of local life’

Organized in 1920 the year women received the right to vote, the Woman’s Club of Farmville (WFC) has ... Read more

Education

Adding work gloves to King’s dream

I have a dream today … that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain ... Read more

Lifestyle Main

Playground fund established

Child’s play is generally defined as a trivial matter; 16-year-old Sean Murray doesn’t see it that way. Disturbed ... Read more

Columns

Don’t just resolve — evolve

It’s the first week in January and time for making resolutions. For most of us, making a New ... Read more

Food & Fitness

Southern tradition: Black-eyed peas and cornbread ensure good luck

I have a New Year’s confession to make. For most of my life I did not eat black-eyed ... Read more

Church & Community

Live nativity shares true meaning of Christmas

The spirit of Christmas is alive and well at the Farmville Church of Christ. Presented every Christmas season, ... Read more

Columns

Christmas Eve in a stable

‘Twas the night before Christmas at Stillmeadow Farm, And the goats were assembled in front of the barn, ... Read more

Local

Operation Blue Christmas brings holiday cheer

When the Farmville Police Department says Operation Blue Christmas, don’t be alarmed. The police officers you see gathering ... Read more

Columns

There really is a Farmville

Recently a radio team from the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) visited Farmville to gather information for “a programme ... Read more

Lifestyle Main

Pantomimes steal the show

When the holiday season draws near, children in the British Isles — and now Farmville — look forward ... Read more

Lifestyle Main

Lighting the way to Christmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Prospect now that John and Nancy Mottley have decorated ... Read more

Local

Tractor-trailer driver charged with reckless driving

Randy D. Dorsey, 60, of Rome, Ga., driver of a tractor-trailer that overturned on Route 460 East Tuesday ... Read more

Local

Tractor-trailer overturns on 460

A single-vehicle accident at approximately 7:15 a.m. Tuesday on Route 460 East between Tuggle and the Dowdy’s Corner ... Read more

Business

Tree of Lights brings holiday spirit home

The Centra Southside Community Auxiliary believes health care begins at home. The auxiliary’s annual Tree of Lights event ... Read more

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