Buckingham
Buckingham County High School Honor Roll
Buckingham County High School has announced its honor roll for the fourth nine weeks. GRADE 9 Caitlyn Amos*,…
Education
Seniors receive Marine Corps Awards
Three Cumberland seniors recently received awards from the Marines Corps for Academic Excellence and Athletic Excellence. Pictured are,…
Education
Lutz named first-place winner
Henry Lutz, of Prince Edward County, has received a $2,000 scholarship from the Lee-Jackson Educational Foundation Scholarship Program.…
Education
Students achieve perfect SOL scores
Cumberland County High School recently presented awards to students receiving perfect SOL scores. Pictured are, from left, Brittny…
Education
Students excel in Chemistry Olympiad
The Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society sponsors regional high school participation in the National Chemistry Olympiad…
Education
Graduates named to Who’s Who
Each year, Southside Virginia Community College recognizes a select group of students to accept one of the most…
Education
Sheehan and Kinzer get high honors
The Prince Edward County High School valedictorian for 2016 is Colton Sheehan. Colton is the son of Melanie…
Cumberland
Awards honor teachers
Catherine Baber Fleischman was recently named Cumberland’s 2016 Teacher of the Year, while spouses Chiara Guardo Hoyt and…
Education
Class offers firsts for students
Though this is the second year of Janet Green’s advanced Physical Education elective course at Prince Edward County…
Education
Scholarship awarded
Buckingham County High School graduate Charlotte Powell, right, recently received the Kyanite Mining Corporation’s Terrell H. Dunnavant Memorial…
Education
Honeycutt explains abstention
Why did Sherry Honeycutt abstain from voting on the new school superintendent? By Italia Gregory The Farmville Herald…
Education
‘Remember where you came from’
JORDAN MILES | HERALD One-hundred and fifty seniors graduated from Prince Edward County High School Saturday. During the…
Education
Community College Board sets tuition rates
RICHMOND —The State Board for Community Colleges established the 2016-2017 academic year in-state tuition and mandatory fees rate…
Education
Reductions balance budget
Prince Edward school board members have agreed to reduce spending in instruction, transportation and administration to balance its…
Education
Youth cheer on graduates
Prince Edward County High School seniors walked through the halls of the elementary school one final time Friday…
Education
Visser receives gifts
Marita Visser, right, a foreign exchange student from the Netherlands, is pictured accepting farewell gifts from Buckingham County…
Buckingham
‘Little citizens’ awarded in Buckingham
The Buckingham County Sheriff’s Office awarded 53 students at the Buckingham Primary Schools for their good behavior and…
Education
Students graduate from Power Line Worker Program
Several students recently graduated from Southside Virginia Community College’s Power Line Worker Program. Graduates are, from left, front…
Education
Choir gets first-place trophy
Buckingham County High and Middle School’s 2016 Competition Choir competed at the Festival of Music at Kings Dominion…
Church & Community
Ruritan Club presents scholarships
The Cartersville Ruritan Club recently gave $1,000 scholarships to Kayla Muscat, left, and Megan Dunivan. Muscat is a…
Education
School board makes offer
An applicant has been chosen to serve as the next superintendent of schools in Prince Edward. The county’s…
Education
Calhoun graduates
The University of Kansas held its 144th Commencement on Sunday. More than 4,500 of the members of the…
Education
Petitions seek elected board
At least 10 petitions are being circulated in Prince Edward County to get the question of whether the…
Education
Candidates hearing held
Prince Edward County supervisors heard from citizens and questioned school board nominees during their Tuesday meeting. The board…
Education
Reductions at PECPS could include employee raises
The Prince Edward County School Board is considering reductions in expenditures to balance its FY 2016-17 school budget…
Education
SVCC announces truck driver grads
Southside Virginia Community College Pickett Park Truck Driver Training School students completed the course on April 21. Pictured…