Cumberland

Robotics Team excels

The Cumberland High School (CHS) Robotics Team will compete in Portsmouth on Saturday following its first competition of ...

Education

The bumpy road to accreditation

Editor’s note: This week, we examine school accreditation rankings in Buckingham, particularly looking at the county’s elementary school, ...

Education

Fuqua celebrates Dr. Seuss’ birthday

Students at Fuqua School celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday last week with activities surrounding reading and learning. “The children ...

Education

MBA program ranked top in the nation

Longwood University’s College of Business and Economics (CBE) received a major acknowledgement recently, ranking its online accelerated MBA ...

Church & Community

La Bete set at Hampden-Sydney

Written in rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter and set in 17th century France, La Bete is an antic ...

Education

Learning the letter of the law

Students from Prince Edward County High School and Fuqua School took part in a Rule of Law program ...

Education

Lancer Learning Community launches classes

The Longwood University College of Graduate and Professional Studies has announced the launch of the Lancer Learning Community ...

Education

Debate brings millions in marketing value

Along with reporters, cameras and excitement, the sole U.S. Vice Presidential Debate at Longwood University brought with it ...

Education

Educators respond to DeVos’ confirmation

By Anna Bultrowicz Special to The Farmville Herald U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine spoke out on the Senate floor ...

Education

Students protest Klein’s resignation

More than 70 Hampden-Sydney College students stood outside Atkinson Hall on H-SC’s campus Thursday to protest the resignation ...

Education

Klein: ‘President wished to bring in his own dean’ — H-SC mum on resignation

Student unrest is following the abrupt resignation of David A. Klein, Hampden-Sydney College’s (H-SC) longtime Dean of Students. ...

Church & Community

LCVA hosts Valentine’s Day workshop

Over 260 people from the the Heart of Virginia were part of the Longwood Center for the Visual ...

Education

Students installed into honor society

Several Buckingham County Elementary School students have been installed into the newly established chapter of the National Elementary ...

BREAKING NEWS

Klein resigns as dean at H-SC

  Dean of Students David A. Klein has resigned from his position at Hampden-Sydney College. In a short ...

Education

Students compete in tournament

After finishing the regular season with a strong record of 14-2, Prince Edward’s Scholastic Bowl team competed in ...

Education

School leaders look at potential projects

The Buckingham County School Board is considering four construction and renovation projects at schools across the division. Director ...

Education

Initiative spreads kindness

The Student Leaders Club at Buckingham County Elementary School is spearheading a project meant to spread kindness throughout ...

Education

Students’ service honors King

Students from Longwood University (LU) and Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC) took to communities across the Heart of Virginia on ...

Education

First school board election is this year

Editor’s Note: This week, we examine the transition from an appointed school board to an elected one in ...

Education

H-SC’s Jones named chancellor

Hampden-Sydney College’s Vice President for Strategy, Administration and Board Affairs Dr. V. Dale Jones has been appointed chancellor and ...

Education

Board hears schools report

Cumberland County Public Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Amy Griffin reported on the division’s reconstitution efforts for its elementary ...

Education

Study set for intersection

Town council members have agreed to commission a professional study regarding the options as to whether or not ...

Education

Cumberland school board meeting postponed

CUMBERLAND — Due to the inclement weather, Cumberland County School Board’s Monday, Jan. 9 meeting has been postponed ...

Education

Projects could be finished by 2018

What are the buildings being erected on Longwood’s main campus? Longwood University’s newest projects are in the midst ...

Education

School board will reorganize Monday

The Cumberland County School Board will hold its annual reorganizational meeting next week. The meeting, which will be ...

Education

PFSWCD names poster winners

The Peter Francisco Soil & Water Conservation District recently announced the winners of its recent poster contest. Winners ...

Education

It’s ‘Christmas in America’

Central Virginia Christian School students performed “Christmas in America” for a crowd of more than 1,000 in December ...

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