Buckingham
CEDS awarded to CRC
The Commonwealth Regional Council (CRC) has been awarded a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) support grant which will ... Read more
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Farmville
Taylor Center dedicated
A dedication was held Friday for the Andy Taylor Center for Early Childhood Development that included comment from ... Read more
Farmville
FACES helps students in need
FACES Food Pantry recently began its fourth year of its school backpack program that distributes backpacks for food ... Read more
Farmville
Council tables request
Farmville Town Council voted unanimously Oct. 11 to not only table requests to rezone 37 properties from R-3 ... Read more
Buckingham
Foster named executive director
The Commonwealth Regional Council voted unanimously at Wednesday’s monthly meeting to promote Acting Executive Director Melody Foster to ... Read more
Buckingham
Destroyed home had historic past
A residence at 1456 Bishop Creek Road, which was destroyed in a massive fire Oct. 3, is reported ... Read more
Cumberland
Foundation grant will help 4-H
The Cumberland 4-H program was recently awarded with a $4,400 equipment grant from the National Rifle Association (NRA) ... Read more
Farmville
Council recognized Sauve
Dudley Sauve was recognized during the Oct. 12 Farmville Town Council meeting for his work in community theater ... Read more
Church & Community
Fitness program in progress
Fall for Fitness, an outreach program of the Piedmont Community Health Coalition and Virginia Cooperative Extension, is kicking ... Read more
Columns
Congratulating town on purchase
Wilck’s Lake and the surrounding Sarah Terry Trail are perhaps my favorite recreational venues across town. It’s with ... Read more
Education
Schools get security grants
Schools across the Heart of Virginia are updating their security equipment following grants allocated by Gov. Terry McAuliffe ... Read more
Local
Cooper-Jones awarded for service
Farmville 801 District Supervisor and Board Vice Chairman Pattie Cooper-Jones of the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors ... Read more
Farmville
‘Keeping history from repeating’
The Moton/Prince Edward County Alumni Association is more than the reunions that acted as the precipice for the ... Read more
Farmville
Wilck’s Lake property purchased
The Farmville Town Council voted unanimously to purchase the remaining Wilck’s Lake property for approximately $525,000. Town Manager ... Read more
Cumberland
Sex offenders to be sentenced
Three will be sentenced for child sex charges on Oct. 24, according to the Cumberland County Circuit Court ... Read more
Local
A help in serving warrants
Q: What is a sealed indictment? There were 17 sealed indictments that issued capiases — which is a ... Read more
Education
School issues anthem response
Following a rash of social media posts over the weekend, Prince Edward County High School issued a response ... Read more
Education
Sorority holds Alzheimer’s walk
Longwood University’s chapter of Sigma Kappa has raised about $19,000 this year for the Alzheimer’s Association — a ... Read more
Local
New machines in place for voting
Q: Why did Prince Edward County purchase new voting machines? What will be different about the new machines ... Read more
Farmville
Housing prices ‘edge forward’
The median housing price across the state has risen 6.9 percent since Aug. 2014 — from $261,950 — ... Read more
Farmville
Ayers will close Thursday
Ayers Building and Supply Co. Inc. is set to close its doors Thursday. Co-owner Beverly Ayers said it ... Read more
Buckingham
Council accepting applications
The Southern Virginia GO Region 3 Council — which represents the counties of Buckingham, Cumberland, Prince Edward, Charlotte ... Read more
Farmville
Smoke draws fire departments
Fire departments responded to the Prince Edward County Courthouse on Monday afternoon after they were called regarding a ... Read more
Local
Work on new VDOT building continues
Construction on the new Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Residency Office across the road from the Southside Virginia ... Read more
Local
Board changes mileage policy
On a split vote, supervisors in Prince Edward County approved an updated travel reimbursement policy during their Sept. ... Read more
Buckingham
Graduation rates improve
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) recently released graduation rates, showing an overall improvement throughout the Heart of ... Read more
Buckingham
Branch enters guilty plea
A 23-year-old Burkeville man pled guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence (DUI) ... Read more