Lifestyles
Setting the Stage: Fashion show lays groundwork for future projects
RICE – It took weeks of planning, plenty of organizing and a couple prayers, asking for the weather…
Lifestyles
From The Archive: Longwood’s ghostly bell and baggage wagon
FARMVILLE – Our story begins more than 100 years ago, with a ghostly bell, a wagon and the…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds: More stories about Easter
After Jesus’ death, the disciples were consumed with questions: Why did Jesus have to die? What will happen…
Lifestyles
Herald Church and Community Calendar for the week of April 28
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Who loves a fifth Sunday singing?
Now who loves a good singing? Mt. Zion Baptist Church, located at 6277 Cartersville Road in New Canton,…
Lifestyles
Centra honors laboratory professionals
Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 23 – 29, is an annual celebration to highlight and show appreciation for…
Education
Envirothon team wins big
The Cumberland High School Envirothon Team is ready to compete at the state level. After achieving success this…
Education
School board honors spelling bee winners
Arianna Trent, a fourth grader at Cumberland Elementary School, was recognized by the Cumberland County School Board during…
Lifestyles
PSR plans first responders event
What do you know about local first responders? In May, Piedmont Senior Resources (PSR) will give you a…
Lifestyles
DAR learns about Patrick Henry’s family
“Meet Patrick Henry’s fifth Great-Grandson” was the program title of the March meeting for the Judith Randolph-Longwood Chapter,…
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Leaving Farmville for vacation was not a good idea
One thing I’ve learned in Farmville and elsewhere is when you’re hot, you’re hot. No, not that great…
Education
School staff win technology awards
Three staff members from Cumberland County Public Schools were honored at the 17th annual awards banquet sponsored by…
Lifestyles
Mother’s Nature Garden: In search of Twinleaf
The earliest spring ephemerals have finished blooming, but there’s still time to see twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla.) Several years…
Lifestyles
Devotional: Let us not forget God’s goodness
Tell me if you see these flowers blooming on High Street. This is a shot I got last…
Lifestyles
The Word: The theme of Christ’s message
Born without arms or legs in 1982, Australian Nick Vujicic suffered intensely from bullying and a feeling of…
Lifestyles
Sowing Seeds: Easter and other church stories
I love being a pastor and serving churches because despite the problems, churches truly make a difference in…
News
Farmville Wine Festival rescheduled due to weather
Update: Due to the severe thunderstorms expected in this area today, the Farmville Wine Festival has been moved…
Lifestyles
Ag trends announced
Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on April 14: In Virginia, state graded feeder…
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Paying tribute to the lost
First off today, our sympathy is extended to the Bradby family. William “Bill” Bradby went home to be…
Lifestyles
Farmville Pride celebrates five years of LOVE
BY ERIN B. WAGGONER AND ALEX REISS The Farmville Herald When you drive down Main Street in Farmville,…
Education
AARP warns about student loan scams
If there is one constant in the criminal world it’s that scammers follow the news. Student loan forgiveness…
Lifestyles
Belmont Landing open for business
The Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce had a ribbon cutting celebrating The Belmont Landing Apartments on Tuesday, April…
Lifestyles
Jail officials teaching inmates to drive
Piedmont Regional Jail (PRJ) provides those offenders without a valid driver’s license an opportunity to better prepare themselves…
Lifestyles
Church and Community Calendar for the week of Friday, April 21, 2023
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m.…
Lifestyles
Moton goes live on Saturday
In the third edition of an event that has raised more than $90,000 over the past two years,…
Education
FFA competes at the Southeast Area Rally
The Buckingham FFA Senior Chapter competed in several contests at the Southeast Area Rally on Thursday, March 9,…
Lifestyles
Watch out for new lawn service scam
Storm damage can be a big enough inconvenience on its own, but residents in Farmville and the surrounding…