Archive for Buckingham

Academic All-Stars

Education

Buckingham honors ‘Academic All-Stars’

Students from across Buckingham County were honored last week by school officials, as Buckingham Superintendent Dr. John Keeler ... Read more

Buckingham Raiders

Lifestyles

Raiders earn Best of the Best spot

The Buckingham High JROTC recently competed in their second Best of the Best Raider Qualifier at Howard High ... Read more

Prince Edward schools Buckingham absence numbers Cumberland School Board

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Keeler announces he’ll step down as superintendent in Buckingham

Buckingham County Public Schools will soon be looking for another superintendent. Dr. John Keeler informed the school board ... Read more

Cartersville Route 60 speed study

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Route 60 request brought up. Will flashing lights be installed?

What will it take for the intersection of Route 60 and Route 632 to get flashing lights? That ... Read more

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ARPA funds will help Buckingham EMS, sheriff’s office

Buckingham County has been cautious with its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Other counties and towns have ... Read more

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Buckingham County comes up with patch for radio problem

Much like the counties around it, The radio system in Buckingham County needs to be replaced. Sometimes when ... Read more

Buckingham FFA

Education

Buckingham High FFA competes at 98th State Convention

Buckingham County High’s Future Farmers of America recently competed at the 98th annual Virginia FFA State Convention. That ... Read more

JROTC challenge

Education

Students take on JROTC challenge

While many high school students are still enjoying their summer break, students from Buckingham County High’s Raider program ... Read more

Buckingham Darlings

News

‘They believe in themselves’: Buckingham Darlings set for tourney

They just keep improving. That’s how head coach Eric Wood describes his Buckingham Darlings team. After a strong ... Read more

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Clock is ticking for EMS agencies

BY TRACY AGNEW The Farmville Herald The clock is ticking for emergency medical service agencies, in Buckingham, Cumberland ... Read more

Prince Edward Middle School Shireton Tobacco Commission

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What is Shireton? New proposal moves forward in Buckingham

A unique proposal will have a chance for a public hearing in Buckingham County. By a unanimous vote, ... Read more

Cumberland Prince Edward Buckingham supervisors Air BnB Layne Street tap fees

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Does Buckingham need duplexes? Commission weighs request

The request caught some of the Buckingham County Planning Commission off guard when they heard it on Tuesday, ... Read more

Five generations

Lifestyles

Five generations together

Great-great grandmother Peggy Davis, 86, of Dillwyn, had five generations of her family together at once recently. Pictured ... Read more

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Parts of Elcan Road will be closed

A little bit earlier this week, you might have noticed a detour sign set up near parts of ... Read more

Kyanite Mining litter pickup

Lifestyles

Kyanite wraps up litter pickup

Kyanite Mining Corporation recently completed their annual litter pickup in Buckingham County. The company group picked up 469 ... Read more

Drunk Driving

Education

School warns about driving drunk

On Friday, March 15, Buckingham County High School and the After-Prom Community Committee conducted a training exercise in ... Read more

Buckingham Senior of the Month

Education

Buckingham Board honors students and staff

For each school month, a Buckingham High senior is recognized and then in May, the district hosts a ... Read more

Lifestyles

Inmates train to become recovery specialists

Nine inmates at Buckingham Correctional Center recently became the first individuals incarcerated in a Virginia Department of Corrections ... Read more

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Buckingham County High senior signs with Emory and Henry

Liberty Faith Johnson is headed to Emory and Henry College in the fall. The Buckingham County High senior ... Read more

Freedom Libraries

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Freedom libraries open in Buckingham County. Where are they?

The doors opened in the middle of last week. National nonprofit Freedom Reads officially found a place to ... Read more

Prince Edward County tax bills tax debt tax rate tax relief

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Prince Edward, Buckingham collect nearly all tax debt

Some area treasurers prove true Benjamin Franklin’s famous saying that taxes are one of two things in the ... Read more

Black History Month Carter G. Woodson

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Carter Woodson: New Canton native shaped Black History Month

He was a journalist, a historian and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American ... Read more

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Buckingham approves one of Virginia’s largest solar projects

How would Mountain Pine Solar help Buckingham County? That was the main question Feb. 12, as Buckingham supervisors ... Read more

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Will Assembly make mining decision?

Some Buckingham County residents are a step closer to getting what they want, when it comes to gold ... Read more

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Mountain Pine solar project moves on to Buckingham supervisors

At their November meeting, the Buckingham County Planning Commission voted to table the latest solar facility until the ... Read more

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Lifestyles

Buckingham supervisors sign off on assisted living facility

After months of voting and public hearings, the new assisted living facility is coming to Buckingham County.  Jessie ... Read more

Lifestyles

Clinic establishes hours

When will Centra Medical Group’s Buckingham clinic be open and who will it serve? After the project’s open ... Read more

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