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Six decades ago, Farmville and Prince Edward County made national news for the wrong reason, shutting down the public schools to avoid court-ordered integration. The ...
Six decades ago, Farmville and Prince Edward County made national news for the wrong reason, shutting down the public schools to avoid court-ordered integration. The ...
Farmville Mayor David Whitus’ convocation address at Longwood University last week was another symbol of improved relations between two institutions whose fates are forever intertwined. ...
Two weeks in, we hope you’re enjoying the resized and redesigned Farmville Herald. We appreciate the many readers who’ve called or written to tell us ...
As you might have seen on last Friday’s front page, The Farmville Herald’s newspaper family grew recently when we welcomed The Charlotte Gazette and The ...
Among the new content in your reformatted and redesigned Farmville Herald will be a more robust selection of public records: information that you, as citizens, ...
Come Wednesday, The Farmville Herald will be proof that good things can come in smaller packages. A 3-inch reduction in the width of our pages ...
Should school boards be elected or appointed? If a current citizen petition drive is successful, Prince Edward County voters will grapple with that question on ...
As I’m out and about town, the question I hear most often relates to the future of newspapers: bluntly stated, why invest in a dying ...
Thanks for visiting the new, free FarmvilleHerald.com, where your readership has exceeded our loftiest expectations. Our digital audience has grown daily since the site’s June ...
The recent departure of Ken Woodley, whose words graced – and dominated – this page for three decades, begs the question that many of you ...
Newspapers everywhere are grappling with whether to charge readers for access to news on the Internet. So-called “paywalls” on newspaper websites are rising and falling ...
Bookmakers expect the Dallas Cowboys (3-7) to see their five-game losing streak continue, as they are 10.5-point underdogs…
When the Richmond Spiders square off against the William & Mary Tribe at 12 p.m. ET on Saturday,…
Big South teams will be in action in two games on Thursday’s college basketball slate. That includes the…
The Richmond Spiders (4-0) will attempt to build on a four-game winning run when hosting the William &…
The Old Dominion Monarchs (3-1) will try to extend a three-game winning run when they host the VCU…