Education

Pride speaks to PECHS government class

Dr. Odessa Pride, Prince Edward County supervisor (Hampden District), spoke to students in Sarah Moore’s dual enrollment (DE) ...

Education

Board approves tax increase, supervisors level fund schools

  In approving a 2-cent increase in the county’s real estate tax rate Thursday as part of a ...

Education

Fuqua, Rockingham lead civil rights tour

High school students from Rockingham County presented a student-led journey into civil rights history in collaboration with the ...

Education

​BCMS students cheer for the Flying Squirrels

Students participating in the Buckingham County Middle School Gifted and Mentoring Programs went to the Diamond to celebrate ...

Education

Students compete at Envirothon

At the Area V Envirothon Competition held at Holiday Lake 4-H Center April 21, Fuqua School, representing the ...

Education

Thirty-four apply for school chief

The application process for Prince Edward’s next school superintendent has closed and 34 people have applied for the ...

Business

Project Plant It! celebrates 10 years

Thousands of children in Virginia and other states are digging into Mother Nature this spring thanks to Project ...

Education

BC Raiders mark JROTC anniversary

Buckingham County High School Raiders conducted a 5-kilometer (3.1 miles) event to celebrate 100 years of JROTC. Top ...

Education

Buckingham JROTC finishes second in state

Buckingham JROTC finished second in Virginia in the Best of the Best Raider competition held April 16 at ...

Education

PECHS student wins first place in SkillsUSA

Elvie Land-Larrabee, a sophomore at Prince Edward County High School, was awarded first place in the state SkillsUSA ...

Education

Students collect data for NASA

Thirteen students from five Virginia Community Colleges can now add unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and NASA to their ...

Education

‘Please fully fund our schools’

Nineteen students, teachers, parents and citizens spoke in support of the revised budget request for $8.8 million in ...

Business

Cumberland to be workforce ready

By Carson Reeher Special to The Farmville Herald Cumberland County has begun the two-year process of becoming a ...

Education

PECMS holds annual SOL Night

Prince Edward County Middle School held its annual SOL (Standards of Learning) Night on April 7.  About 30 ...

Education

Superintendent’s Panel recognized

Dr. Amy Griffin, superintendent of Cumberland County Public Schools, meets every other month with the members of the ...

Education

4-H mentors recognized

In observance of National Volunteer Week during April 10-16, volunteer mentors with the Cumberland 4-H Mentoring Program were ...

Education

Ramsey named PECPS Teacher of the Year

The Prince Edward County Public Schools Teacher of the Year was announced at a recent reception for the ...

Church & Community

Commonwealth Chorale includes young singers

The Commonwealth Chorale will present John Jacob Niles’ oratorio, “Lamentation,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday at College Church, ...

Education

Robotics team finishes strong

The inaugural Cumberland County High School robotics team recently received the 2016 Rookie Inspiration Award for the Chesapeake ...

Education

Buckingham FFA places first in Small Animal Care

Buckingham Middle School Future Farmers of America placed first in the Southside Area FFA Small Animal Care Career ...

Church & Community

Donation made for DARE

Cumberland Clothes Closet Director Barbara Daniels presents a check for the DARE program (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to Cumberland ...

Education

PE introduces anti-bullying program

Prince Edward County Public Schools recently launched a new reporting tool to aid in the prevention of bullying. ...

Education

Dove doesn’t seek reappointment

Longtime Buffalo District Representative and School Board Chairman Russell Dove didn’t apply to serve another term on the ...

Education

Nursing Program receives ACEN accreditation

The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) has granted initial accreditation to the Associate Degree Nursing Program ...

Church & Community

Cumberland Clothes Closet donates to CCPS

The Cumberland Clothes Closet recently made a donation of $4,000 to the Cumberland County Public Schools (CCPS) Foundation ...

Church & Community

Plant sale underway at BCHS

The Buckingham County High School Horticulture Department Spring Plant Sale will begin Friday at the greenhouse. The hours ...

Education

Over $419K awarded to colleges to help school divisions

RICHMOND — The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has announced $419,382 in grants for Longwood University, the Virginia ...

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