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News

Dan Dwyer will run for re-election in Farmville

Dan Dwyer has qualified and will be on the ballot in November 2024 for an At-Large seat on ...

Lucy Carson

Education

Lucy Carson named chair of School Board Association

Lucy Carson, the Chair of the Prince Edward County School Board, recently achieved another significant milestone by being ...

STEPS Israel Hill right plant

News

STEPS moves forward with plan for supportive housing project

People all over the region can testify to the need for the latest project from STEPS. Take 64-year-old ...

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News

Longwood men struggle in road loss despite career night for Tucker

In an electric atmosphere, it felt like High Point couldn’t miss on Thursday night against Longwood men’s basketball ...

Herald Community Calendar

Lifestyles

Author Talks & Concerts: Herald Calendar for week of Feb. 2, 2024

The Herald calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that Friday’s ...

Mayor Brian Vincent

News

Mayor Brian Vincent appointed to Small Cities Council

Farmville will be represented now on a national council. The Small Cities and University Communities Council announced this ...

Letter to the Editor Venable Hall

News

Letter to the Editor: HB636 needs to be dismantled

Let’s talk about HB636. Not long ago, the government tried to pass laws in Virginia to take control ...

Prince Edward Elementary crisis plan elementary renovation

News

Letter to the Editor: Renovations are needed in Prince Edward

In your Dec. 22 edition of The Farmville Herald, I read two letters to the editor criticizing the ...

ODAC Tournament Hampden-Sydney College Longwood men's basketball

News

Davidson Hubbard leads the way as Tigers earn 19th win

The march to the postseason continues for the Hampden-Sydney Tigers. The current No. 1 team in NCAA Division ...

Farmville police Amish buggy human remains crime report

News

Prince Edward deputies respond to hit & run on Five Forks Road

One person is injured and deputies have questions after a hit & run incident Wednesday on Five Forks ...

Farmville Police Edmunds Street shooting

News

More details emerge in Edmunds Street shooting, aftermath

We now have more details as to what happened in the Edmunds Street shooting that happened Wednesday morning. ...

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News

One person injured in Monday accident

One person was injured and taken to the hospital Monday, in the wake of a single car accident ...

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News

Farmville Police search for suspect after Edmunds Street shooting

SECOND UPDATE: For more details on today’s shooting, click here. UPDATE: Farmville Police say the subject is in ...

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News

No more permits? Bill would let solar projects bypass local rules

Should solar projects be allowed to ignore local rules? The Virginia House committee was a bit concerned on ...

Farmville

Lifestyles

Edward Strickler: Farmville deals with ‘the case of the telltale litter’

There is a lot of litter around Farmville. Maybe most people don’t ‘see’ it. But once my husband ...

Christian Sangillo

News

‘It’s my goal’: Christian Max Sangillo aims for Victory Lane

Christian Max Sangillo is like most 15-year-olds in Farmville, studying for classes and hanging out with friends. However, ...

Prince Edward County Cumberland County affordable housing

News

Halfway Done: VA Senate passes Prince Edward’s sales tax bill

That’s one down and one to go. Six years after it was first proposed, Prince Edward County’s sales ...

Prince Edward schools bus drivers school threats Lee Banton

Education

News Briefs: Prince Edward sets class makeup days, Tigers sell out

We’ve got a lot to touch on in today’s news briefs. Prince Edward County Public Schools has set ...

Longwood softball Lauren Fox

News

Longwood softball picked high in Big South preseason poll

The Longwood softball team was picked in a tie with USC Upstate atop the 2024 Big South Conference ...

Buckingham West Third Street Tropical Storm Debby Farmville

News

Parts of Worsham Road will be closed starting today. Here’s why.

If you normally travel down Worsham Road for work, you’re going to need to find another route for ...

Virginia wheat

Lifestyles

Virginia wheat, corn prices climb in latest agricultural report

We saw several changes over the last few days, when it comes to Virginia wheat and corn prices. ...

ODAC Tournament Hampden-Sydney College Longwood men's basketball

News

Hampden-Sydney keeps streak going with win over Roanoke

The capacity of S. Douglas Fleet Gymnasium maxes out at 1199. On Saturday afternoon, the Hampden-Sydney Tigers drew ...

Life of Purpose

Education

A life of purpose and ordered steps

On a warm October afternoon in Grainger Hall, a freshman unlike any other stood to make her first ...

Adam Brazil

News

‘He’s our Swiss Army knife’: Adam Brazil leads the way for Tigers

It started back when he was four. Adam Brazil has a love of basketball that can be traced ...

Hampden-Sydney College fictive kinship

Opinion

Mike Wilson: Of fictive kinship, Hampden-Sydney and an old legend

After I lectured to a Hispanic culture class at Hampden-Sydney College about the profound importance of “fictive kinship” ...

Farmville Area Chamber Awards

Lifestyles

Farmville Area Chamber hands out Business Awards

The Moton Museum was packed late last week, as the Farmville Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual ...

Herald Community Calendar

Lifestyles

Music, Stew & Meetings: Herald Calendar for week of Jan. 26, 2024

The Herald calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that Friday’s ...

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