Lifestyles

The Word — Embracing the dormancy of winter

Every day, I commute from Keysville to Farmville for work. Much of that drive is past farms and ...

Herald Community Calendar

Lifestyles

Herald Church and Community Calendar for the week of Jan. 27

The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. ...

Lifestyles

Watch your Language — Correct or incorrect use?

Today’s language column is devoted to a look at the many ways in which everyday language use can ...

Jerry Todt

Lifestyles

Local author Jerry Todt honored after his book becomes a movie

They gathered and offered thanks to Jerry Todt. During the Dec. 14 meeting of the Farmville Town Council, ...

Anniversary

Lifestyles

Carringtons celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary

Perry and Mickie Carrington celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, Jan. 20. Perry and Mickie were wed ...

Lifestyles

Trents Mill News — Which Valentine’s Day do you celebrate?

Valentine’s Day is less than a month away, at least one of them. Did you know there are ...

Lifestyles

Sowing Seeds — Tap, Tap, Tap: Worship

Tap-tap, tap-tap-tap, tap-tap-tap-tap: annoying sounds? Maybe, but it could mean much more. Captain Eugene ‘Red’ McDaniel tapped on ...

Southside Community College

Education

Five students graduate from SVCC’s Diesel Technician program

Southside Virginia Community College recently awarded certificates to its graduates that completed the Diesel Technician program held at ...

Lifestyles

AARP urges caution after storms

Be careful of who shows up after winter storms. With temperatures dropping in Farmville and across the region, ...

Buckingham County Anti-Litter Task Force

Lifestyles

Buckingham task force holds clean-up celebration

The Buckingham County Anti-Litter Task Force recently held its Fall 2022 Clean Up Celebration at the Historic Lee ...

Buckingham FFA

Education

Donation made to FFA programs

Assistant Manager of the Famer’s Cooperative of Farmville Sam Goin, left, visited the Buckingham FFA Chapter on Friday, ...

Lifestyles

Chamber music series presents violinist

The Longwood University Chamber Music Series will present a concert by violinist Naima Burrs and friends, on Monday, ...

Lifestyles

Matthew Sorenson: The Word — Light in the deep darkness

January can be a really difficult time of year. We just experienced the winter solstice, which is the ...

Lifestyles

Herald Church and Community Calendar for the week of Jan. 20

The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. ...

Farmville Recreation Department

Lifestyles

Recreation Department reflects, looks ahead to 2023

This past year was an eventful one for Farmville’s Recreation Department. We saw some positive programs launch and ...

deer hunting

Lifestyles

No deer for the season

BY JAMES E. HARRIS Special to The Farmville Herald I knew that day or season would come when ...

Education

Local students receive college honors

As we move further into the new semester, universities are starting to send out recognitions and honors from ...

Lifestyles

Larry Davies: Sowing Seeds — Shoveling snow

Years ago, our neighborhood was blasted with eighteen inches of snow. I was stranded at home, but it ...

Columns

Keith Leach: Devotional — What’s your power source?

I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that has been ...

Cumberland Circuit Court

Lifestyles

Grant received to preserve local records

The Library of Virginia announced that the Circuit Court Records Preservation (CCRP) program has awarded Cumberland County Circuit ...

Lifestyles

Trents Mill News — You’ll need pringles and watermelon for this part

Let’s start off today with something you can test out at home. After all, that’s how I learned ...

MLK Day

Lifestyles

Farmville community celebrates MLK Day with family project

“Without love, there is no reason to know anyone,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is quoted as saying. ...

New Year's Resolutions New Year's traditions

Lifestyles

Devotional: New Year’s Resolutions. A time to make or break them.

This time of year, we often make New Year’s resolutions only to break them within a few weeks. ...

Wynelle and Freeman Fox

Lifestyles

Prince Edward County couple spent 70 years together

FARMVILLE – Wynelle and Freeman Fox achieved a milestone in December that few can reach. The Prince Edward ...

Blessing Box

Lifestyles

Church’s Blessing Box offers helping hand to Farmville community

FARMVILLE – Right off High Street, placed in front of Farmville United Methodist Church, rests a small box ...

Pinocchio

Lifestyles

Movie Review: Pinocchio is del Toro’s masterpiece

Guillermo del Toro said it best when he said, “Animation is a medium, not a genre.” This statement ...

fire ant quarantine

Lifestyles

Fire ant quarantine spreads to Lunenburg and Charlotte

Lunenburg, Charlotte, Dinwiddie, Halifax and Sussex counties have joined the list of localities covered under the Virginia Imported ...

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