Education
Solar developers grant awarded to SVCC
Apex Clean Energy and Red Brick Solar recently announced a Community Grant award was given to Southside Virginia ...
Local
Many people work to eliminate food insecurity
By Grace Bost and Katharine DeRosa Capital News Service The founders of Fonticello Food Forest bent down under ...
Local
Gardeners transform food waste into fuel
By Larin Brink Capital News Service “It’s free cooking gas,” said Monica Alinea. Monica Alinea and her husband, ...
Local
Logging experts demonstrate chain saw safety
Ask logger Meade Stull if he has a chain saw story, and he pulls off his hat. A ...
Farmville
Town Council holds hearings on upcoming changes
The Farmville Town Council met for their monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 11 to hold numerous public hearings. ...
Education
State superintendent restarts math SOL review
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow announced on Tuesday, May 17 that the Virginia Department of Education will ...
Education
‘Heavy hand of law’ isn’t needed in Virginia schools, advocates say
BY SAFIA ABDULAHI AND TARAZHA JENKINS Capital News Service Virginia schools still rely heavily on law enforcement to ...
Lifestyles
Researchers looking for solution to tick-borne cattle disease
The Asian longhorned tick, slightly larger than a poppyseed, can carry a rare pathogen that has been identified ...
Local
Golf Tournament builds business through community
The sold-out 16th annual Farmville Area Chamber-Centra Southside Community Hospital Golf Tournament, which was held on Thursday, May ...
News
Virginia schools look to fill over a thousand teacher vacancies
BY ANNA CHEN AND REID MURPHY Capital News Service Krysti Albus taught multiple subjects for 20 years and ...
Lifestyles
Commodity prices announced
Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on May 13: In Virginia, state graded feeder ...
Lifestyles
National Trails Day 5K set
It is not too late to register for High Bridge Trail State Park’s annual National Trails Day 5K ...
Hampden-Sydney
Tigers 2022 football schedule announced
Hampden-Sydney College 23rd-year head football coach Marty Favret has announced his program’s upcoming 2022 Schedule that includes seven ...
Longwood
Lancers fall short in heartbreaking loss
Campbell claimed the 2022 Big South Championship title in softball for the second straight season with a 8-4 ...
PAMPLIN
Area man dies in moped wreck
A Pamplin man was killed Tuesday, May 10, when the moped he was operating was struck. According to ...
MOTON MUSEUM
Moton gains national recognition
A Farmville historic site will now become officially known as a National Historic Site following last week’s signing ...
Local
Road work planned
Highway work requiring road/lane/structure closures is planned; however, work may be delayed/canceled due to weather or other issues. ...
Lifestyles
Taylor named first Employee of the Month
At its Tuesday, May 10, meeting the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors congratulated Prince Edward County Sheriff’s ...
Buckingham
New superintendent announced
Dr. John Keeler was announced as the next superintendent of Buckingham County Public Schools at the Wednesday, May ...
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE
Tennis players earn ODAC Honors
Hampden-Sydney College (H-SC) placed three student-athletes on the 2022 All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) All-Conference Men’s Tennis Second ...
Prince Edward
Board of supervisor member killed in crash
Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors member Robert M. “Bobby” Jones of Rice was killed in motor vehicle ...
Lifestyles
Farmers report positive news following multiple late freezes
If farming is a gamble, then its players can expect Mother Nature to occasionally deal a bad hand. ...
Local
Mansion on endangered historic places list
Each May, during the National Historic Preservation Month, Preservation Virginia releases a list of historic places across the ...
Farmville
Crowd pleasing event and fundraiser returns
The Rotary Club of Farmville hosted its annual Taste of Farmville event, Thursday, April 28, following a two-year ...
Lifestyles
VFW officers elected
The 4th District Veterans of Foreign Wars elected officers for the 2022-2023 year in Farmville on Saturday, May ...
Buckingham
Board votes on VDOT budget
The Buckingham Board of Supervisors met for their monthly meeting on Monday, May 9. During the meeting, there ...
FUQUA SCHOOL
Students participate in livestock show
Several Fuqua School lower and middle school students competed in the Piedmont Junior Livestock Show in Blackstone this ...