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Farmville man arrested on sex charges
A 22-year-old Farmville man was arrested in Nottoway County Friday, July 23, on sex charges by the Portsmouth…
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…
Education
Schools discuss plans for new year
With new guidance recently released by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and the Virginia Department of Health…
News
Local farmer discusses melon crop
Cantaloupe season is off to a sweet start in Virginia thanks to a streak of warm, dry weather…
COVID-19
Delta variant has arrived
The Piedmont Health District is experiencing a new surge in COVID-19 cases as the Delta variant arrives in…
News
Farmville awarded $25K grant
Gov. Ralph Northam announced a $25,000 grant for the Town of Farmville Friday to be used for new…
News
Keysville man arrested on larceny, drug charges
A 33-year-old man wanted on charges of grand larceny and drug possession was apprehended Thursday, July 22, in…
News
Message to commission: Keep towns together
Longwood University in Farmville was the first stop of a listening tour for Virginia’s newly formed Redistricting Commission…
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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…
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Temporary emergency numbers available
The public should be aware that the commonwealth is experiencing a statewide 911 outage. Below is a list…
News
Cumberland looking for new administrator
Cumberland County Administrator Don Unmussig will be leave his position with the county at the end of the…
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
Residents ask council for help with noise issue
Three Farmville residents appeared before Town Council last week asking for some help getting a decent night’s sleep.…
Education
PECPS to have transgender students use private restrooms
Transgender students in Prince Edward County Public Schools will be required to use private restrooms until the school…
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…
Education
Supervisors open bidding process on school roof
The Buckingham County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved opening the bidding process for repairing and replacement the…
News
911 call now comes with life-saving help
Telecommunicators at the Farmville Emergency Communications Center are now able to provide 911 callers with pre-arrival instructions such…
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
Arrival of variant is ‘just a matter of time’
COVID-19 cases in the Piedmont Health District appear to have slowed to a crawl, as have vaccinations against…
News
Town ends state of emergency
After almost 16 months of operating under a declaration of a local emergency for COVID-19, the Farmville Town…
News
Theft of catalytic converters reported
In the past two weeks, 14 catalytic converters have been stolen from vehicles at area businesses. According to…
News
Crossroads board was regularly updated on PPP loan
A $2.4 million Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan applied for and received by Crossroads has been the source…
News
Farmville man charged with manufacturing meth
A Farmville man has been charged with manufacturing methamphetamine after the Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office and members…
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…
News
Missing juvenile safely located
A missing Cumberland County juvenile was safely located during a traffic stop on River Road Wednesday, June 23.…
News
Crossroads board agrees to audit
The Crossroads Community Services Board of Directors narrowly agreed to conduct a forensic audit of the organization’s finances…