News

Vaccine scholarships awarded

Ten local students have received $2,000 scholarships to encourage post-secondary continuing education as part of Prince Edward County’s ...

COVID-19

Vaccination clinic planned

The Virginia Department of Health’s Piedmont Health District is hosting a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Blackstone on ...

COVID-19

COVID cases surge throughout health district

With the delta variant of COVID-19 now the dominant variant in the area, coronavirus cases are soaring in ...

News

Centra requires vaccination

As local COVID-19 cases surge and hospitals see large increases in virus patients and deaths, Centra Health has ...

Education

State health order requires masks in schools

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday, Aug. 12, a Public Health Emergency Order requiring universal masking in all indoor ...

COVID-19

Doctor: ‘I’m begging you to get a vaccine’

Centra Health officials are pleading with members of the public to consider getting the vaccine as hospitals have ...

COVID-19

Centra re-tightens visitor restrictions

With the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus in the region, Centra has taken the step ...

COVID-19

Lancers welcome fans back to games

Beginning with this Tuesday’s women’s soccer exhibition at the Longwood Athletics Complex, Longwood University will open its outdoor ...

COVID-19

More young, healthy people are getting COVID

The number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb throughout Virginia and the Piedmont Health District as officials see ...

COVID-19

Northam says students must mask up

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a statement Thursday, Aug. 5, asking all Virginia school districts to require students ...

COVID-19

Centra says COVID hospitalizations have doubled in a week

The number of COVID patients at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital has more than doubled in the past week.  ...

COVID-19

VDH warns parents to be vigilant

Just as schools get ready to begin a new year, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has put ...

Education

Colleges prepare for a new year

As local school districts establish their masking and COVID policies for this coming school year, the area’s institutions ...

COVID-19

CuCPS makes mask plans

Cumberland County Public Schools (CuCPS) has released more information regarding masking and other school policies as students prepare ...

COVID-19

Number of COVID cases double in a week

COVID-19 numbers in the commonwealth have doubled in one week as counties in the Piedmont Health District continue ...

COVID-19

Pastor is area’s first delta variant ‘breakthough’ COVID patient

Known for his role as pastor at Farmville Presbyterian Church (FPC), Rev. Dr. Peter Smith has gained a ...

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Farmville 911 service restored

As of 2:05 p.m. Thursday, July 22, the Farmville Emergency Communications Center 911 service has been restored. The ...

DEVELOPING NEWS

Temporary emergency numbers available

The public should be aware that the commonwealth is experiencing a statewide 911 outage. Below is a list ...

Farmville

Emergency communication system (911) currently down

The Farmville Emergency Communication Center is currently down meaning calls to 911 will not be answered. A press ...

News

Supervisors modify COVID scholarship incentive

The Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors agreed to a couple changes in the way the county’s student ...

Opinion

Letter — Response to ‘What’s Wrong with Us?’

To the Editor: In the Wednesday, June 23, edition, The Herald’s editorial staff published an article titled “What’s ...

COVID-19

The long goodbye

From planning socially-distanced funerals to determining how to safely transport the body of someone who died from COVID-19, ...

COVID-19

County sees no new cases of COVID this past week

As COVID numbers remain low throughout most of the health district, officials warn keeping those numbers low and ...

COVID-19

Door to door teams to provide vaccine info

The Virginia Department of Health’s Piedmont Health District, in coordination with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) ...

COVID-19

Editorial – What’s wrong with us?

Dear Prince Edward County citizens: What is the hold up? As Virginia celebrates reaching the 70% mark for ...

COVID-19

With low vaccination rates, Prince Edward is vulnerable

Health officials are concerned Prince Edward County and other localities lagging behind in vaccine rates may be headed ...

COVID-19

VDOT facilities reopen

The Virginia Department of Transportation has lifted the COVID-19 protocols that restrict walk-in visitors at VDOT offices and ...

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