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
Author: Rob Chapman | The Farmville Herald
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