Pamplin

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Pamplin turns 150: Town celebrates past, looks to the future

Pamplin Mayor Sarah Blackwell gets excited when she starts talking about the town.  “There is an electricity in ...

prayer breakfast

Lifestyles

Moton Museum continues prayer breakfast program

Back on Tuesday, April 2, the Moton Museum held a community prayer breakfast, welcoming in people from all ...

Severe storms Weather Service Buckingham

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Severe storms could roll through region on Monday, NWS warns

This could be a problem. That’s how officials from the National Weather Service (NWS) summed things up early ...

Prince Edward County budget proposal enterprise zone

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Prince Edward gets good news, enterprise zone request approved

It went down to the wire, but Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin put pen to paper Monday night, signing ...

Prince Edward schools Buckingham absence numbers superintendent

Education

Chronic absence numbers drop for Prince Edward schools

The good news is the absence numbers keep dropping. The bad news is they’re still pretty high. Prince ...

Prince Edward supervisors County sales tax bill tourism revenue

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Prince Edward supervisors look to keep tax rate steady

The good news starts early and keeps going in Prince Edward County’s proposed budget. Overall revenue is up ...

Herald Community Calendar

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Herald Community Calendar for the week of April 12, 2024

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

EMS Volunteers

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Prince Edward EMS volunteers call for solutions

Members of Hampden-Sydney Fire and Rescue and the Prince Edward Rescue Squad came to Tuesday night’s meeting with ...

sales tax bill tax-free weekend

Education

Sales tax bill vetoed by governor. What’s next for Prince Edward?

Now it’s time to try again. After getting someone to sponsor and push it through the Virginia House ...

District 9 Mulchi 5th District Buckingham Republican platform

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News Briefs: Buckingham Republicans to vote, accident turns fatal

One Cumberland man is dead after officials in Henrico County say he lost control of his motorcycle Monday ...

Employee of the Month

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March Employee of the Month recognized

At its March 12 meeting, the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors recognized the County’s March Employee of ...

farmville town council Cumberland County Farmville budget

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Wednesday public hearing, vote set for Farmville budget.

Town employees would get a raise if the council signs off on the currently proposed Farmville budget. Farmville’s ...

Farmville downtown partnership parking fines parking fees

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Parking fines set to rise in Farmville, as council will vote in May

It could soon be more expensive to get parking fines in the Town of Farmville. During their Wednesday, ...

Sandy River Distillery

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Sandy River holds ribbon cutting 

The Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting to mark the grand re-opening of Sandy ...

Prince Edward County Bands

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Prince Edward County bands pass ‘exam’, earn superior grade

Every school band in Virginia gets graded once a year. But unlike book tests that go over written ...

Virginia's new election law primary bill

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Wright’s primary bill signed into law by governor

The problem wasn’t that Farmville attorney John Marsden withdrew from the 50th District Virginia House Republican primary last ...

Hampden-Sydney Golf All-America Scholar Tigers

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Hampden-Sydney has another Top 25 team, this time in golf

The nationally-ranked No. 25 Hampden-Sydney College golf team posted a final-round score of 297 on Tuesday for a ...

Route 460 Old Kings Highway Route 15 accident Amish buggy accident

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Prospect resident dies in Charlotte County wreck

One Prospect resident is dead after an accident that happened Tuesday morning in Charlotte County. Virginia State Police ...

solar eclipse

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School districts split on solar eclipse plans. Some will close.

Chip Jones sees it as a learning experience. On Monday, April 8, Central and Southside Virginia will be ...

Hampden-Sydney Tigers Vince Luvara Hampden-Sydney football

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Hampden-Sydney football rolls out 2024 schedule

We now have an idea of what the fall schedule will look like for the Hampden-Sydney football team. ...

Prince Edward students Hampden District Virginia Teacher of the Year

Education

Questions answered at Hampden District town hall meeting

They talked about roads, education and sales tax Thursday night, with some other questions tossed in for good ...

Walyn Napper Longwood seniors Longwood Lancers

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‘A true testament’: Walyn Napper reinvented himself at Longwood

“I just want to thank God for guiding me to Longwood,” guard Walyn Napper said after the season’s ...

Hampden-Sydney football high school football

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Hampden-Sydney football adds three to coaching staff

Three new faces will join first-year head coach Vince Luvara on the sidelines at Hampden-Sydney this fall. On ...

High Bridge solar solar control Old Ridge Road solar

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Old Ridge Road solar project dead: New Leaf pulls requests

There won’t be a public hearing about Old Ridge Road next week after all. On Monday, March 25, ...

Piedmont Regional Jail

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Piedmont Regional Jail operates ‘Creed Project’

The Piedmont Regional Jail partnered with FLIPP Inc. to host the second 40-hour training “The Creed Project” (Climate ...

Gene Southall

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Neighborhood Watch honors Southall

The Tuggle Neighborhood Watch recognized former Sheriff Gene Southall, at their March meeting, for his dedicated service to ...

Mayor Brian Vincent

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What will Farmville town budget look like? Council hears proposal

The town of Farmville is in a good place financially. That was the message Town Manager Dr. Scott ...

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