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From the Editor’s Desk: Forget Target, we’re just not there yet

There are some things people don’t want to hear. Nobody wants to be told they’re not good enough ...

Columns

Tommy Wright: State of the Commonwealth

Wednesday, Jan. 10 was the opening day of the 2024 Virginia General Assembly Session, and we’re going to ...

Opinion

Tommy Wright: Let’s get ready to rumble

It’s almost time. The 2024 General Assembly Session opens on Wednesday, January 10th at noon. While we won’t ...

Moton Museum

Opinion

Cainan Townsend: Moton Museum will be making history again

Happy New Year from the Moton Museum. As 2023 ended, we had much to be grateful for. Now ...

Opinion

Mike Wilson: I have no regrets

Thinking back across the decades as we go through another January, I am struck by the thought that ...

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Something to think about

Dear Editor,  Here’s something to think about. Knowledge and information had very little reach 2,000 years ago. The ...

Letter to the Editor Buckingham supervisors Cumberland FFA Farmville town council

Opinion

Mike Wilson: It’s a New Year, but I’m learning the same lessons

Well, we’re entering a new year, but somehow I’m still learning the same old lessons. I killed my ...

Opinion

Tom Noehren: Making the case for electing a Kennedy

Ballot access wasn’t the intended topic for this, but recent events couldn’t be ignored.  Almost every state in ...

Letter to the Editor Buckingham supervisors Cumberland FFA Farmville town council

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Prince Edward needed to seek help

Dear Editor, In a recent letter, Paul Xavier criticized Prince Edward County’s decision to hire a lobbyist to ...

Prince Edward schools Farmville Pride

Opinion

Farmville Pride: Give the gift of love and acceptance

Meagan Irving is writing this month’s column for Farmville Pride. The holidays are amongst us and for many, ...

New Year's Resolutions New Year's traditions

Opinion

Mike Wilson: New Year’s traditions and a Museum of Ham

Everyone has their New Year’s traditions. My granddaddy used to get country hams and fresh tenderloin from a ...

Opinion

Kayla Williams: So, what exactly do I do?

Respiratory season is in full force. How do I know? Since Friday, Dec. 15, I have received close ...

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Showing up matters

Dear Editor,  Over 35% of Prince Edward County public school students were reported chronically absent – missing 10% ...

Opinion

Tommy Wright: As the political year winds down…

As we enter the final weeks of 2023, the political year is winding down as well. Governor Youngkin ...

Letter to the Editor Buckingham supervisors Cumberland FFA Farmville town council

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: We can’t keep giving money away

Dear Editor,  I grow tired of politicians who just think they have an infinite piggy bank, filled with ...

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: Charting the course

Dear Editor, This time of the year brings out the best in our human character. We are grateful ...

Opinion

Letter to the editor: This isn’t going to work

Dear Editor,  I am writing regarding the story related to a sales tax increase to help pay for ...

Opinion

Frank Ruff: I had to make a choice

By now, you may have seen the headlines about my pending retirement from the Senate. That decision did ...

Opinion

Quentin Johnson: Working with our first college-wide SGA

During my college years, I served on the Student Activities Board, an organization that worked closely with the ...

Opinion

Cainan Townsend: There’s a lot coming from the Moton Museum

With the end of the 2023 year, we wanted to take the time to tell everyone we appreciate ...

Opinion

From the Editor’s Desk: You need to lay a strong foundation

You don’t run before you can walk. You don’t deliver a speech in German without first learning the ...

Opinion

Frank Ruff: Blessed by many angels here on Earth

During my experiences with cancer and surgery, I appreciated the great folks surrounding me. I thought they were ...

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Lifestyles

Mike Wilson: Oh, he will be back …. and so will I

I suppose I am sometimes viewed as “portly” by those with enriched active vocabularies. Accordingly, my chest waders ...

Opinion

Dr. Quentin R. Johnson: Early college classes can be a benefit

The U.S. Department of Education reports that students who earn college credits before high school graduation reap numerous ...

Opinion

Tom Noehren: It’s Kennedy for me

Sixty years ago, in November of 1963, President John F. Kennedy was murdered in Dallas, Texas and succeeded ...

On The Road Hampden-Sydney

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Mike Wilson: A grand sweep, thanks to Hampden-Sydney

Back when our girls were small, my teaching schedule at Hampden-Sydney College allowed us to make a grand ...

Opinion

Frank Ruff Jr.: The path not taken

As with most, when we hear the term ‘cancer’ in relation to ourselves or those we love, our ...

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