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Farmers oppose fence ordinance
A proposed fence ordinance that would have allowed a judge to fine up to $250 in civil penalties for livestock owners in the event their ...
A proposed fence ordinance that would have allowed a judge to fine up to $250 in civil penalties for livestock owners in the event their ...
The Virginia Department of Environment Quality (DEQ) is in charge of regulating the use of biosolids — a substance farmers use as fertilizer, consisting of ...
Cumberland County Public Schools (CCPS) is one of six school divisions to receive top honors in the 2017 Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) Food for ...
Traffic crash data has been made more accessible for those living in the Heart of Virginia who are interested in gaining a better understanding of ...
The Commonwealth Regional Council (CRC) has approved the job description for its vacant position of executive director and discussed the possibility of Cumberland County rejoining ...
Farmville Police are investigating a breaking and entering at the Fuqua School pool house following a complaint placed at 10:45 a.m. on July 24. Police ...
The Farmville-based Piedmont Senior Resources and Area Agency on Aging (PSR) recently received nearly $68,500 in grants from Meals on Wheels America, the Centra Foundation ...
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has a new K-9 unit that will be used to combat illegal drugs. According to a press release, the dog ...
Third Street Brewing Co. held a sneak peek Saturday that included beer tasting for investors and their guests — drawing a large gathering from the community. ...
The High Bridge Lofts, located at 312 W. Third St. in downtown Farmville, held an open house for the community Tuesday. The event, which included ...
Students at Cumberland County Elementary School (CCES) will receive free lunches this school year without having to fill out any application to qualify for free ...
The November ballot will show contested races for incumbents Del. C. Matthew Fariss, R-Campbell, in the 59th House District, and Del. James Edmunds, R-Halifax, in ...
Centra Southside Community Hospital held a ribbon cutting Tuesday for its new pulmonology office, welcoming the office’s doctor, Dr. Sunil Rajan, to the hospital. According ...
Q: What substance use services are being provided by Crossroads Community Services Board as the state experiences an opioid epidemic? The rates of opioid addiction ...
A number of factors, including high temperatures and a lack of rainfall, have elevated the risk of wildfire in the Heart of Virginia. “We’re seeing ...
The Heart of Virginia Free Clinic on South Main Street in Farmville is in the initial stages of looking for a new location. “We don’t ...
Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Aging, Inc.(PSR) is consolidating to one office in the College Plaza Shopping Center at 1413 S. Main St. in ...
A trial in Prince Edward County General District Court for a 23-year-old Pamplin man charged in the shooting death of a 35-year-old Pamplin man has ...
A ribbon cutting will be held Tuesday from 10 a.m.-noon at Centra Southside Community Hospital to introduce the hospital’s new pulmonary center. Regarding the center’s ...
The Prince Edward-Farmville Youth Association Debs All-Star team has now made it back-to-back years that it has gone undefeated in the Dixie Softball Debs All-Star ...
Three Farmville Town Council members — at-large councilmen Daniel B. Dwyer and Tom Pairet and Ward B Councilwoman Sally B. Thompson — attended a special ...
The Student Artist Mural Project’s second painting — designed by Kailynn Hamilton, a rising seventh grader at Prince Edward County Middle School (PECMS) — is ...
Crime rates last year in the Heart of Virginia varied among localities according to the Virginia State Police (VSP) 2016 Crime Analysis that was released ...
A 26-year-old Cumberland County man was convicted recently in Cumberland Circuit Court on charges in connection to the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl. According ...
A 50-year-old Cumberland man, who was originally charged with abduction and kidnapping March 17, was sentenced to 12 months in jail with eight months in ...
Patti Wagner, 57, of Farmville, is in Honduras for what is approximately her 30th trip to, what she terms, the second-poorest country in the western ...
Southside Outreach Group, Inc. (SOG) was announced to have received a $350,000 grant from Gov. Terry McAuliffe in June as part of rural homeowner rehabilitation ...
When the Washington Capitals face the Los Angeles Kings at Capital One Arena on Sunday (beginning at 5:00…
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