Lifestyles

Supervisors visit FACES

The Prince Edward Board of Supervisors recently gathered at FACES Farmville to celebrate the group’s new sign. The ...

Longwood Garden Club

Lifestyles

Garden Club learns about ‘appropriate trees’

The Longwood Garden Club met on Monday, Feb. 27, at the home of President Jennifer Irving Wall at ...

Prince Edward Volunteer Rescue Squad

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Should Farmville pay Prince Edward Volunteer Rescue Squad?

FARMVILLE – The Town of Farmville had an agreement with the Prince Edward Volunteer Rescue Squad. Over the ...

Prince Edward schools bus drivers school threats Lee Banton

Education

Herald Notebook for March 7: Prince Edward schools shift schedule

FARMVILLE – For the second time, Makayla Nelson is a state champion. The Prince Edward County High student won ...

Hampden-Sydney

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Season ends for Hampden-Sydney after second round NCAA exit

HAMPDEN SYDNEY – An impressive season came to an end Saturday night for the Hampden-Sydney Tigers, but not ...

Hampden-Sydney

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Hampden-Sydney advances in NCAA Tournament with Friday win

HAMPDEN SYDNEY – Long before the game actually started, you could feel the atmosphere build at Kirby Field ...

Longwood basketball

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Big South Tournament ends for Longwood basketball after loss

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – It was a second-straight 20-win season that proved Longwood basketball is no flash-in-the-pan. After years ...

Herald Community Calendar

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Herald Church and Community Calendar for the week of March 2

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

Longwood

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Longwood players earn Big South postseason honors

FARMVILLE – Add another first for Longwood men’s basketball: back-to-back seasons with an All-Big South First Team selection. ...

Hampden-Sydney Tigers

Education

Hampden-Sydney Tigers look back on rebuild, ahead to tournament

HAMPDEN SYDNEY – Harrison Taylor remembers what it was like the first time he came to campus. The ...

Plank Road

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Plank Road accident leaves one injured, vehicle totaled

FARMVILLE – The Randolph Volunteer Fire Department responded to an accident on Tuesday, Feb. 28, on Plank Road ...

earth shake

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News Briefs for Wednesday, March 1: Did you feel the earth shake?

DID YOU FEEL THE EARTH SHAKE? No, that headline isn’t a misprint. It’s a legitimate question. According to ...

Prince Edward Elementary crisis plan elementary renovation

Education

Supervisors question decisions in Prince Edward County schools

FARMVILLE – Why were Prince Edward County schools allowed to get in their current physical condition? Why is ...

Hampden-Sydney College

Education

After a decade away, Hampden-Sydney College returns to the big dance

HAMPDEN SYDNEY – In the moments beforehand, everything was silent. Some players nervously looked at their phones, others ...

bomb threat

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Charges filed after Monday bomb threat in Farmville

A Farmville resident faces multiple charges after an incident Monday morning at the Prince Edward County Courthouse. Forty-six-year-old ...

Prince Edward supervisors County sales tax bill tourism revenue

Education

School districts plan as Assembly adjourns without full budget

CUMBERLAND – We still don’t have a permanent answer for the $201 million school funding shortfall. Now it ...

Farmville Police Prince Edward County Fuqua School Longwood Police

Farmville

Courthouse, surrounding streets reopen after threat in Farmville

FARMVILLE – As of 10:25 a.m., the Prince Edward County Courthouse and surrounding streets are open once again. ...

Hampden-Sydney season-opener

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Hampden-Sydney loses in ODAC semifinal, now waits on NCAA

Junior Davidson Hubbard scored 19 points, but 20th-ranked Hampden-Sydney College lost in a heartbreaking 70-69 Old Dominion Athletic ...

Prince Edward County schools Cumberland SOL pass rates school threat

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Virginia House adjourns for session without school budget vote

We still don’t have an answer for the $201 million school budget shortfall. Now it looks like a ...

Hampden-Sydney College

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Hampden-Sydney holds off Virginia Wesleyan, advances in ODAC

The Cinderella season for the Hampden-Sydney Tigers continued Friday. Junior Adam Brazil scored 20 points to lead the ...

News

Is the warm weather here to stay?

During Groundhog Day, all reports showed Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow predicting six more weeks of winter. However, ...

Farmer’s Cooperative

Lifestyles

Real Virginia starts filming this week in Prince Edward County

FARMVILLE – Over the next few days, you may notice a television program filming here in Prince Edward ...

Longwood Lancers Hampden-Sydney

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Longwood Lancers pick up road win against Gardner-Webb

BOILING SPRINGS, NC – Rolling into March, the Longwood Lancers are playing winning basketball against the top teams ...

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Frazier publishes a collection of poetry

Chapman Hood Frazier, a Professor in Residence for JMU and award-winning poet has just published his first collection ...

Longwood basketball

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Swan Song: Longwood basketball says goodbye to Willett Hall

FARMVILLE – It’s born witness to Longwood basketball history, Longwood University history, and American history. Now, after 40-plus ...

Wawa

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Wawa application goes to Prince Edward supervisors for a vote

FARMVILLE – A Wawa store and gas station came one step closer to being built in Prince Edward ...

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Cooperative will offer inexpensive ways to save energy at meetings

Southside Electric Cooperative (SEC) will provide some easy and inexpensive ways to save energy and money at community ...

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