Education

Students win awards in art exhibition

Three local students got some state attention this month, after placing in a Richmond art exhibit that’s part ...

Lifestyles

New deacons ordained at Sharon Baptist

Sharon Baptist Church in Cumberland held ordination services for Deacons Ernestine Monroe and JoAnm Vaughan on Sunday, July ...

Lifestyles

Commodity pricing trends announced

Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on August 19: In Virginia, state graded feeder ...

Lifestyles

Farmville Rotary honors members, as new leaders take office

FARMVILLE – At their latest meeting, the Farmville Rotary welcomed in a new leadership team. But first, the ...

Lifestyles

Tickets available for Barksdale Cancer Foundation’s Wine Festival

Tickets are now available for Barksdale Cancer Foundation’s annual wine festival, “Miss Janie’s Sit & Sip”, to be ...

Living & Leisure

Plants offer both barriers and environmental benefits

With houses being built more closely together, it’s often hard to find privacy. But homeowners can plant shrubs ...

Farmville

Community Calendar

Farmville Community Calendar — Week of August 19, 2022

The Farmville community calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that ...

Lifestyles

Honoring Barbara Rose Johns : New project will tell her story

FARMVILLE – Many people know the Supreme Court’s Brown v. The Board of Education ruling declared segregation in ...

Lifestyles

The Word — Can You Still Sing?

Little can compare with traditional Irish folk music for down-to-earth, heel-kicking fun. Some friends of mine had discovered ...

Lifestyles

Sowing Seeds — Godly influence and shooting stars

A  friend recently described tense moments while waiting for his wife’s surgery. He wrote: “It was ten o’clock ...

Lifestyles

Devotional — God connects through our senses: Hearing

One of the amazing things about being human beings is that we have different ways of experiencing the ...

News

Dance fitness class set

Weekly class sessions started for the Farmville Recreation Department’s dance fitness class… the Trae Experience. Get your workout ...

Lifestyles

Garden Club collects plastic film

Buckingham Dillwyn Garden Club members are collecting plastic film for recycling. This is part of a cooperative project ...

Lifestyles

Trents Mill News — Sending out birthday wishes and a few updates

Happy birthday wishes go out this week to the following people: Mattie Bell Gilliam of Dillwyn on Saturday, ...

Lifestyles

75th wedding anniversary celebrated

Lindbergh and Evelyn Hardiman are celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary. They were married on Aug. 16, 1947. They ...

Education

Back to school prayer

This past week, Farmville United Methodist Church, located at 212 High Street, put together a prayer for kids ...

Lifestyles

Commodity prices announced

In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 1.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales mostly ...

Lifestyles

Sowing Seeds — Surfing for God

You don’t hear much about it anymore but during the 1960’s and early 70’s there was nothing cooler ...

Lifestyles

Devotional — It’s a time in the middle of a time

“Wars and rumours of wars,” (Matthew 24:6); “Earthquakes in divers places, (Mark 13:8); “Men shall become lovers of ...

Lifestyles

The Word — Focus on what matters most

Last week I went for a hike with my son, who recently returned from two years of missionary ...

Lifestyles

Farm Agency makes changes

As a former rancher myself, I know the tremendous investments — in time, sweat, and thought — that ...

Lifestyles

Fundraising gala set for State Fair

Country meets glamor for a good cause at the annual Black Tie & Boots fundraising gala at 6 ...

Lifestyles

Investment into agricultural bioeconomy

The next generation of Virginia’s agricultural biodesigners are growing their own household items and supply-chain components. Using mushroom ...

Lifestyles

Through the Garden Gate — A message from Anca

Hi fellow gardeners, it’s me, Anca. My Mom is busy filling in some holes in the backyard, so ...

News

Nottoway Grays Reunion held

A reunion of the 18th Virginia Infantry Regiment Co. G, “Nottoway Grays” was held in Farmville at the ...

Trent's Mill News

Sending birthday wishes and sympathy: News from Trent’s Mill

TRENT’S MILL – It’s Friday, Aug. 12. Here’s all the latest news from the Trent’s Mill community. Happy ...

Visual Arts program

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After two year pause, Visual Arts program returns in Farmville

FARMVILLE — It’s been nearly two years since the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts held an Art ...

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