Barbara Johns

Lifestyles

Commission approves Barbara Johns statue. What’s the next step?

Joan Johns Cobbs just wanted to say thanks. Speaking to the Commission for Historical Statues, she thanked the ...

Poultry Cooperative

News

Poultry Cooperative launches, looks to fill void left by Tyson plant

When Tyson Foods closed its Glen Allen processing plant back in May of last year, it hurt 55 ...

Longwood players Longwood men's basketball

News

Longwood battle with Gardner-Webb goes down to final minute

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Thursday night was a tale of two halves for Longwood men’s basketball at Gardner-Webb. ...

Block and Bridle Horse Hippology Contest

Lifestyles

Buckingham High team competes in Horse Hippology contest

On Friday, Feb. 9, the Block and Bridle Horse Hippology Contest was held on the campus of Virginia ...

Prince Edward County tax bills tax debt tax rate tax relief

News

Prince Edward, Buckingham collect nearly all tax debt

Some area treasurers prove true Benjamin Franklin’s famous saying that taxes are one of two things in the ...

Prince Edward County Cumberland County affordable housing

News

Sales tax bill passes the Assembly, with a twist. What changed?

It took several years, but Prince Edward County officials finally got their wish this week. On Monday, Feb. ...

primary on Tuesday

News

Early voting wraps up, primary on Tuesday

If you want to cast a vote in one of Tuesday’s primaries, you still have a couple days ...

Sheriff Kidd State Police Star Motel Trents Mill Road

News

Sheriff Kidd details what happened with Star Motel standoff

It started as a fight between two people who knew each other. That’s how Buckingham County Sheriff Billy ...

EMS

News

‘It’s going to be expensive’: Federal rule will hit all EMS budgets

It’s going to be expensive. That’s what Buckingham County Emergency Services Chief Cody Davis sees it. And he’s ...

Waterworks

Lifestyles

Review: Waterworks audiences see Hursey’s vision in ‘The Vagrant’

The Waterworks Players Community Theatre production of The Vagrant, a full-length play written by Longwood University’s Dr. Brett ...

metallic mining cyanide ban

News

One bill succeeds, another fails: Assembly makes mining decisions

There is apparently one thing the entire General Assembly can agree on: cyanide should not be used in ...

ODAC Hampden-Sydney Tigers Bryson Gibson

News

Title Town: Tigers reflect on ODAC win, look ahead to NCAA games

“Who we got?” That was the question that echoed around the Tiger Inn Monday afternoon. One day after ...

Cumberland County broadband broadband expansion

News

Work continues on Cumberland County broadband project

It’s going to cost Cumberland County a bit less than expected to finish their broadband internet expansion. That’s ...

Buckingham Planning Commission cyanide ban

News

Cyanide ban moves forward, while second mining bill scrapped

There is apparently one thing the entire General Assembly can agree on: cyanide should not be used in ...

News

Where can I get tickets? Tigers host NCAA Tournament games

The field’s been set, the sites have been chosen and Hampden-Sydney College is in the NCAA Division III ...

Hampden-Sydney

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Hampden-Sydney crowned: Tigers win first ODAC title since 2007

The upperclassmen led the way Sunday afternoon. Adam Brazil, Davidson Hubbard and Josiah Hardy combined for all but ...

High Bridge solar solar control Old Ridge Road solar

News

Old Ridge Road solar project still on hold

It’s going to be at least another month before New Leaf brings their proposed Old Ridge Road solar ...

Longwood baseball PEFYA Majors Chad Oxendine Prince Edward

Opinion

Mike Wilson: Some famous (and almost fatal) last words

The most dangerous last words in all the world have nothing to do with hunting. You likely won’t ...

Hampden-Sydney

News

Hampden-Sydney heading to title game: Tigers shut down VWU

Throughout the year, when The Herald would ask Hampden-Sydney players about goals for this season, one kept coming ...

Herald Community Calendar

Lifestyles

Herald Community Calendar for week of Feb. 25, 2024

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

ODAC Tournament Hampden-Sydney College Longwood men's basketball

News

Longwood men’s basketball rally falls short against Radford

Radford was lights out early against Longwood men’s basketball, and a late Lancer (17-12, 5-9 Big South) rally ...

Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office Green Bay

News

Multiple people hospitalized after ‘domestic incident’ in Green Bay

Multiple people are in the hospital, being treated with what Prince Edward County sheriff’s deputies are calling life-threatening ...

Carter G. Woodson

News

Why is the Carter Woodson rowhouse home still closed?

The home of Carter Woodson, a Buckingham County legend and the founder of what would become Black History ...

Longwood baseball PEFYA Majors Chad Oxendine Prince Edward

News

Longwood baseball rides massive rally Friday to beat Iona 15-8

Willie Havens sparked a massive eighth inning rally, and Longwood baseball won the opening game of a three-game ...

Prince Edward girls basketball

Education

‘The future of the program is bright’: Prince Edward girls build for future

Even now that the playoff run is over, you can’t argue that the 2023-24 basketball season has been ...

farmville town council Cumberland County Farmville budget

News

How do you bring business to Cumberland? Task force launched

While the Cumberland comprehensive plan was being developed, residents filled out surveys to share their thoughts. Residents kept ...

ODAC Tournament Hampden-Sydney College Longwood men's basketball

News

Tigers shut down Ferrum, advance in ODAC Tournament

One game, one win. Hampden-Sydney College took over Thursday night and didn’t let up, beating Ferrum College 81-61 ...

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