Lifestyles
Buckingham task force holds clean-up celebration
The Buckingham County Anti-Litter Task Force recently held its Fall 2022 Clean Up Celebration at the Historic Lee ...
Education
Donation made to FFA programs
Assistant Manager of the Famer’s Cooperative of Farmville Sam Goin, left, visited the Buckingham FFA Chapter on Friday, ...
News
Firefighters showed up Tuesday at UVA Dialysis. Here’s why.
FARMVILLE – The report went out over the scanner just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Members of the ...
News
Mail scams start showing up in Farmville, region
FARMVILLE – The letters arrive in the mailbox, showing up as “Priority 3 Day” mail. Inside the package, ...
College
Hampden-Sydney basketball team makes nation’s Top 25 list
The Hampden-Sydney men’s basketball team came in No. 25 nationally in this week’s D3hoops.com Top 25 ranking. The ...
Education
Cumberland County School Board looks to fill vacancy
CUMBERLAND – There’s an empty seat on the Cumberland County School Board. And the question remains who will ...
Education
Longwood’s ‘Call Me MISTER’ program sees results
FARMVILLE – Byron Morgan says he got involved with ‘Call Me MISTER’ by mistake. “The way I got ...
News
Hampden-Sydney swimming team picks up win in NC meet
The Hampden-Sydney swimming team got four event wins Sunday afternoon, en route to a victory over William Peace ...
News
Effort pushes Longwood past Presbyterian in Saturday dogfight
Longwood men’s basketball found itself in a dogfight with Presbyterian on Saturday afternoon. Good thing the Lancers brought DeShaun ...
News
Mental health is an issue for family farms
“Who are you, and what have you done with my husband?’ Jane Doe suddenly didn’t recognize the man ...
News
Buckingham County man charged in connection with Amherst death
A Buckingham County man now faces voluntary manslaughter charges in connection with an incident that happened Thursday in ...
News
Herald News Briefs: Cumberland finishes third at regional
To start off, we turn the spotlight to the Cumberland High Scholastic Bowl Team. A scholastic bowl is ...
News
Service Day held in honor of MLK
As part of MLK Day, one group performed their service project at St. Theresa Catholic Church, working on ...
Lifestyles
Recreation Department reflects, looks ahead to 2023
This past year was an eventful one for Farmville’s Recreation Department. We saw some positive programs launch and ...
News
Cumberland County is a food desert. How do you fix that problem?
CUMBERLAND – Millions of Americans live in food deserts. In Virginia, Cumberland County is Ground Zero. The underserved ...
Lifestyles
No deer for the season
BY JAMES E. HARRIS Special to The Farmville Herald I knew that day or season would come when ...
News
Farmville police launch new position, focus on communication
FARMVILLE – Communication between local government agencies and the public is usually a top priority. Now, the Farmville ...
Education
Local students receive college honors
As we move further into the new semester, universities are starting to send out recognitions and honors from ...
News
Road work planned
DISTRICT-WIDE ACTIVITIES: Crews will perform various activities throughout the district to include, but are not limited to bridge ...
News
Virginia agriculture trends announced
Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on January 13: State graded feeder cattle 10.00 ...
Lifestyles
Grant received to preserve local records
The Library of Virginia announced that the Circuit Court Records Preservation (CCRP) program has awarded Cumberland County Circuit ...
News
Board elects new Chair and Vice Chair
The Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors started their 2023 annual organizational meeting with the election of Supervisor ...
News
Grassroots advocacy focus of Legislative Day
Some of Virginia’s farmers will help inform state legislators about issues important to farming and agriculture Jan. 23 ...
News
Most counties still not funding homeless project
STEPS is still on a mission of reducing poverty throughout the region, despite still waiting to receive the ...
Education
Farmville Innovation Hub expected by year’s end
FARMVILLE – The doors are expected to open on Farmville’s SEED Innovation Hub by year’s end. That’s the ...
News
Second half surge powers Longwood Lancers past GWU
The first 20 minutes were all Gardner-Webb. However, the final 20 all belonged to the Longwood Lancers on ...
News
Farmville business moves on to Phase 2
A Farmville company recently completed the first phase of its education project, showing extremely positive results. LOC Family ...