
Local History
History’s lesson: VFW offers Memorial Day tribute at Sailor’s Creek
After the battle of Sailor’s Creek, Union Cavalryman Joel Swett found a piece of paper lying near a dead Confederate soldier. It was a letter ...
After the battle of Sailor’s Creek, Union Cavalryman Joel Swett found a piece of paper lying near a dead Confederate soldier. It was a letter ...
After another dominant performance, the Cumberland High Lady Dukes are regional track champions. Competing Wednesday, May 25 at Sussex Central High, the team scored 134 ...
The nation is at a 30-year high of inflation and a recession is possibly on horizon by the end of the calendar year. As a ...
NEW CANTON – One person is dead and a second is in the hospital after a shooting Wednesday night in Buckingham County. Now, as the ...
DILLWYN – GRIT Softball Academy took another step this week toward becoming a reality. The concept for a Buckingham County softball complex, developed by county ...
The Herald community calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that Friday’s calendar. Events should be emailed to ...
DILLWYN – The former interim registrar for Buckingham County says he was angry over just being fired when he made recent remarks about Democrats to ...
DILLWYN – The Buckingham County Electoral Board remains at two members, as the latest attempt to fill the third seat was scrapped this week. On ...
According to Glenn Mozingo, chair of the board of trustees, the Cumberland library is regaining some of its momentum as it’s in its third month ...
If you lived here in the early 1800s, there’s a good chance you took a poled ferry when going to town or on a trip. ...
The Herald community calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that Friday’s calendar. Events should be emailed to ...
DILLWYN – After several months of discussion and presentations, the Buckingham County planning commission is set to decide what happens next in terms of gold ...
A group of seniors led the way Wednesday for the Cumberland High girls, as the Lady Dukes won the 2023 James River District Track & ...
FARMVILLE – Yes, the U.S. Marshals Service recently decided to pull all federal inmates out of Piedmont Regional Jail. And yes, that decision eliminates 42% ...
FARMVILLE – Studies are being done. Engineers have examined the property. While multiple groups discuss ideas for the future of Longwood Village, the Richmond-based nonprofit ...
Farmville’s Three Roads Brewing just got a bit larger. The company announced on Monday, May 15 that it’s buying Ballad Brewing, based out of Danville. ...
FARMVILLE – Joshua Amos put up his American flag on June 22, 2019. The Meherrin resident followed all the rules, reaching out to Prince Edward ...
DILLWYN – Buckingham County Supervisor Jordan Miles will get the documents he’s been requesting. It will just take a bit more time. That was the ...
After their game was delayed due to an exciting extra-inning affair between Campbell and USC Upstate, the top-seeded Longwood softball team squared off against #4 ...
FARMVILLE – All around Farmville, you may have noticed traffic counters sitting across several roads. Those are courtesy of The Traffic Group, which was contracted ...
FARMVILLE – There are still questions unanswered as to how two men escaped from Piedmont Regional Jail on Sunday, April 30. At least until the ...
It all comes down to affordable housing. People are less likely to move into an area or stay if they’ll be cost burdened to live ...
DILLWYN – For the second time since March, Buckingham County has a new registrar. By a 2-0 vote on Tuesday, May 9, the county’s electoral ...
It’ll be a bit longer before road closures end and all lanes open up on Route 460 West in Prince Edward County. If you’re heading ...
The numbers don’t lie. By an overwhelming majority, Republicans in State Senate District 10 came out Saturday to Buckingham High School in support of John ...
FARMVILLE – The second escapee from Piedmont Regional Jail is now back in custody. Forty-four-year-old Bruce Callahan was captured shortly after 5:30 a.m. Monday, May ...
Longwood softball needed one more win to earn the honor of being named Big South regular season champions for the second straight time. On Senior ...