March 8, 2016

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New Life Schools could close, April 1 deadline set to raise $100K

Monday, March 7, 2016 6:02 pm

  New Life Schools in Cumberland is set to close on June 30 if administrators and supporters can’t raise $100,000 by April 1. “It’s potential ... Read more | Add your comment

Forum seeks input on school chief

Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:38 pm

The Prince Edward County School Board will hold a public forum to receive community input concerning the next superintendent on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Members ... Read more | Add your comment

Event organizers of the annual United Baptist Association and Women’s Missionary and Educational Convention of Central Virginia stand with honorees. Pictured are, from left, seated, Florence West, Edith Austin, Aubrey Holman Sr., Monroe Spencer, Eliza Ann Spencer, Gladys Sands, Isabelle Johnson, standing, Vera Cooke-Merritt, the Rev. Maynard Jones, Nannie Jones, Marie Gillespie, Bobbie Holman, Ophelia Washington, Dorothy Bolling, Joyce Booker, Linda Chambers and Florene Taylor.

Seniors honored at banquet

Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:37 pm

Many of Buckingham County’s golden seniors were honored and recognized during the eighth annual African American banquet held ... Read more | Add your comment

Dr. John  “Larry” Stimpert

Stimpert named president of Hampden-Sydney College

Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:00 pm

Dr. John Lawrence “Larry” Stimpert, a vice president at DePauw University in Indiana, has been named Hampden-Sydney College’s ... Read more | Add your comment

Haroun McLaughlin

Second arrest made in Prospect robbery

Thursday, March 3, 2016 10:27 am

    A second suspect is charged in connection with a reported robbery at the Prospect Convenience Store ... Read more | Add your comment

Opinion

Your input on school search is crucial

Friday, March 4, 2016 5:05 pm

The first opportunity for public input regarding the search for Prince Edward’s next school superintendent is on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the county’s middle ... Read more | Add your comment

Let’s make the walking tour a reality for all

Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:26 pm

The entire Farmville community should put its best foot forward in united support of the proposed Civil Rights Walking Tour, one that would commemorate our ... Read more | Add your comment

A heroic standard to live by

Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:26 pm

Scottsville lost its hero when Mayor Emeritus Raymon Thacker, who was 106 years old, died on Sunday, Feb. 21. Thacker — an undertaker by trade ... Read more | Add your comment

The time is now to end deer hunting with dogs

Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:24 pm

Recently, there were two opinion columns in The Farmville Herald that spoke to the sport of deer hunting with dogs (“Keep hunting with dogs legal,” ... Read more | Add your comment