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Cumberland’s Woodson-Trent takes two Top 10 spots at state
The Cumberland track program continues to excel as we head toward the end of this school year. Over ...
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Herald News Briefs: Buckingham, Prince Edward students honored
Buckingham, Prince Edward students graduate Several Buckingham and Prince Edward students earned their degree this month at Radford ...
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Buckingham shooting victim dies, sheriff provides case update
The victim in the May 12 Buckingham shooting has passed away. Buckingham County Sheriff Billy Kidd confirmed on ...
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Harbor Freight opens its doors in Farmville
It’s been a question Prince Edward residents have asked for more than a year now. “When will Harbor ...
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Author Talk on Saturday: Calendar for the week of May 23, 2025
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. ...
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Proposed subdivision approved in Cumberland
A new subdivision took a big step forward on Monday, May 19, as the Cumberland planning commission approved ...
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Events center launching in Rice? Commission hears proposal
The goal is to build a place where people can hold weddings, have a family reunion or rent ...
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New business applies for Cumberland permit, offering more options
In Cumberland, the county’s comprehensive plan, adopted back in 2023, aims to drive economic development and growth to ...
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Cumberland High boys claim James River District track title
You can add another title to an already impressive season for the Cumberland Dukes boys track and field ...
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Planning commission hears restaurant proposal for Green Bay
Ever since he sold the Hillside Restaurant in Burkeville, former patrons have been asking Paul Ward Jr. to ...
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Herald News Briefs: Farmville splashpad set to reopen this week
Farmville splashpad set to reopen When will the splashpad reopen? That’s a pretty common question we get asked. ...
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Eggleston issues endorsement in lieutenant governor’s race
Farmville’s Carl Eggleston may have withdrawn from the lieutenant governor’s race, but he still has an opinion on ...
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Rescue Squad asks for more money in Farmville budget hearing
Very few people spoke at Farmville’s public budget hearing Wednesday, just one asking questions and the other asking ...
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New community food pantry set to open in Appomattox this summer
A new community food pantry will open up in Appomattox later this summer. Feeding Appomattox announced that they ...
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Ryan Odom tops Hampden-Sydney’s 2025 Hall of Fame class
The University of Virginia’s men’s basketball coach will be inducted into another school’s Hall of Fame this fall. ...
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‘Make sure your sacrifices matter’: Prince Edward graduates challenged
Aaliyah Monae Toney took it all in on Saturday. As she stood at the podium, the Prince Edward ...
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Buckingham graduates encouraged to try new things, new ideas
Maybe being uncertain is a good thing. In fact, maybe the best journeys start with a bit of ...
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MayFest, SpringFest return: Calendar for the week of May 17, 2025
The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. ...
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Rice resident earns multiple awards at statewide competition
Local author and Rice resident Chapman Hood Frazier won three first-place awards in this year’s 2024 Poetry Society ...
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Prince Edward, Farmville complete StormReady program
Nobody can stop weather from happening, Eric Seymour pointed out Tuesday. He works as a warning coordination meteorologist ...
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Prince Edward supervisors look to connect schools, Poplar Forest
Currently, school buses don’t pick up students from apartment complexes. And when it comes to the 138-unit Poplar ...
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Prince Edward school board looks at new venues for meetings
Back in January, the Prince Edward school board discussed moving their monthly meetings elsewhere, partly to make it ...
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Yogaville events center gets a final vote from supervisors
No one spoke in opposition to the proposal on Monday night. In fact, as supervisors held a public ...
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One Meherrin solar project approved, another vote postponed
In the end, the projects were split up. One Meherrin solar project was voted on Tuesday night and ...
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Construction moves into next phase at Prince Edward Elementary
Last month, Prince Edward School Board members were promised that they would start to see the renovated elementary ...
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Buckingham chooses new finance director
It has been a while since Buckingham has had a finance director. Now the position has been filled ...
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Amid frustration, Green Ridge hearing date, location set
We now have a time and place for the public hearing on the proposed Green Ridge landfill in ...