Author: Rob Chapman | The Farmville Herald

Local

Are crime rankings accurate?

Q:How true are online community crime rankings? Such was the question one reader posed to The Herald regarding ... Read more

Farmville

Caboose Moved

Farmville’s caboose has a new home. Workers moved the bright red caboose, long a fixture next to the ... Read more

Farmville

Bomb threat charge dropped

Prosecutors have decided not to prosecute 33-year-old Dominique Natoya Whitehead, who was charged following a May 7 report ... Read more

Lifestyle Main

Growing season for farmers market

It’s a beautiful Saturday. Vendors are aligned under the covered area of Farmville’s Community Marketplace on North Street. ... Read more

Local

Can citizens record public meetings?

In the middle of a discussion on the success of the school’s Advanced Placement (AP) courses, Prince Edward ... Read more

Farmville

Turn lane planned for Main Street

Relief is on the way for motorists struggling to turn left off of Main Street at Milnwood Road. ... Read more

Education

New PE elementary teachers join staff

New Prince Edward County Elementary School staff includes, from left, third grade teacher Carlina Fane; fourth grade teacher ... Read more

Education

New PECHS teachers announced

Prince Edward County High School Principal Zoltan Kerestely, front left, welcomed new high school teachers including mathematics teacher ... Read more

Education

New PE middle school teachers announced

New Prince Edward County Middle School teachers include, front row, special education teacher Jennifer Bailey; middle row, English ... Read more

Farmville

National Night Out builds relationships

Longwood Avenue was closed to vehicular traffic late Tuesday evening. A fire truck was parked in the middle ... Read more

BREAKING NEWS

Buffalo Shook demolition underway

Demolition workers were having at it Wednesday. The former Buffalo Shook Co. building on Farmville’s West Third Street ... Read more

Education

Group gets involved, supports county schools

It was born in the living room of a parent with kids in Prince Edward County Schools. Joined ... Read more

Farmville

Little library encourages reading

There’s a collection of books on a shelf in the community room at Parkview Gardens. See a book, ... Read more

Church & Community

National night out kicks-off

Farmville residents Dwayne Scott and daughter Da’Niyah shared a friendly greeting with McGruff the crime dog Aug. 4 ... Read more

BREAKING NEWS

Farmville’s Sears store to close

Farmville will soon have one less retailer. Sears Hometown Store, locally owned and operated on South Main Street, ... Read more

Farmville

Moton Museum adds mural

Joy Cabarrus Speakes, a student at Robert Russa Moton High School in 1951, remembers the old tar-paper buildings ... Read more

Education

Melton heads Fuqua School

“No,” John Melton says, when asked if he ever envisioned returning to Farmville. “No … but I didn’t ... Read more

Columns

Support YADAPP, teens

It is the opening ceremony for the annual Youth Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Project conference. Inside, teens ... Read more

Farmville

Charleys Restaurant sues landlord

A Farmville restaurant has sued its landlord — furniture merchant Richard F. “Dickie” Cralle Jr. — for $18 ... Read more

Education

LU builds residence halls

There’s a cleared area behind ARC dorm on Longwood University’s campus, and university officials know just what to ... Read more

News Main

Farmville turn lane confusing

QUESTION: Is the left turn lane at Main and Fourth Street (northbound on Main) for turning into the ... Read more

Local

Tuesday morning crash blocks traffic

A Tuesday morning two-vehicle crash involving a 1994 Cadillac and a 2003 Ford Taurus temporarily blocked U.S. Route ... Read more

Local

PE Farm Sold To Aid Patrick Henry Family Services Purchase

PRINCE EDWARD — The late Reid Foster, moved when he heard the Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Homes ... Read more

Local

PE IDA Awaits Loan Repayment

PRINCE EDWARD — The Prince Edward Industrial Development Authority (IDA) approved a $50,000 unsecured loan to the Manor ... Read more

Education

Work Proceeds On School Buildings

PRINCE EDWARD — A formula of wet evenings and dry days has made for a successful school construction ... Read more

Local

Single Vehicle Crash In PE

Volunteer firefighters, rescue squad members, county deputies and the State Police responded to this single vehicle crash late ... Read more

Education

PE School Board Changes Meeting Time

PRINCE EDWARD — County school board members, at their July organizational meeting, voted to hold most of their ... Read more