Guest Columns
Tommy Wright: Social media madness
Parents matter. That was one of our major themes in 2021, and it looks like it’s going to ...
Opinion
Dr. Quentin Johnson: That’s 500 power line workers and counting
Southside Virginia Community College is proud to announce that its power line worker training program celebrated its 500th ...
Opinion
Dr. Maria Almond: Who are we? Let me explain
Editor’s note: This marks the first in a series of monthly columns that the staff of the Piedmont ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: Our downtowns need help
In earlier generations many of us were excited to go downtown and enjoy stores, or at least store ...
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Leaving Farmville for vacation was not a good idea
One thing I’ve learned in Farmville and elsewhere is when you’re hot, you’re hot. No, not that great ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: College questions we should ask
As families consider the next step for their young people after high school, it is a good time ...
Opinion
FRANK RUFF: Bless our children, the government can’t
All around us, we see assaults on the well-being of our young people. Some schools allow ‘drag shows’ ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: Horse before the cart
There is an old expression, “don’t put the cart before the horse.” Sadly, if one does, either the ...
Opinion
Chambers: Seven things the Lord hates
This is taken from Proverbs 6:16-19. There are seven things that the Lord hates and cannot tolerate. A ...
Opinion
Tommy Wright: When session ends, the campaign begins
The 2023 regular session of the Virginia General Assembly adjourned sine die on Saturday, February 25. Saturday’s adjournment of ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: The good and the ugly
We are now in the closing days of the 2023 session. This is the time in the session ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: Big issues in 2023 General Assembly
The General Assembly kicked off the 2023 session last week. It is too early to have a good ...
Lifestyles
Carlton: Community needs larger role in gold mining discussion
There are seven Buckingham County residents serving on the county’s litter committee. That number will come up later, ...
Guest Columns
Mike Wilson: It was a case of death by salami
I fear that, when conversations turn toward my historic inclusion on the Hap’s Grill Wall of Fame, I ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Uniformed Respect
Last week, I attended the funeral of Joe Carey. Joe served in uniform for a total of 40 ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Democrats don’t care to learn
Democrats wanted to end 2022 on a high note, attacking two of Governor Youngkin’s major policy initiatives — ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Adieu 2022, welcome 2023 with hope and optimism
If there’s one thing we have to do now is to say adieu 2022. With all the events ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Unacceptable school situation
“A stunning lack of transparency.” “They failed at every juncture.” It’s hard to understate just how damning the ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Let’s take time to reflect on our veterans
The Virginia General Assembly is gearing up for its 2023 legislative session. We celebrated Veterans Day Nov. 11. ...
Opinion
Mike Wilson: The high art of the low crawl
I killed my first duck, a hen mallard, while lying on my belly in soupy mud under buckbushes ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Be strong in the Lord, Virginia
We never know when tragedy will touch our communities. One week after the senseless murder of three University ...
Opinion
Mike Wilson: The christening of ‘The Lucky 7’
When the Briery Creek Wildlife Management Area, featuring hundreds of acres of flooded timber for bass fishing and ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Let’s give thanks for our ambassador teachers
Topping my “thankful” list in our community this holiday season are Kerensa Smith, Raymond Tubojan and all of ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Keep those heads up, my fellow Republicans
There’s no question, the midterm elections did not go the way we thought they would. Many close races ...
Opinion
Your turn — What’s the plan?
Last year, the Virginia Community College System approved a strategic plan for the 23 community colleges in the ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Paying tribute to Gunther, Havlat and the 11th hour
The 11th hour has become synonymous with Veterans Day, originally called Armistice Day, in recognition of the document ...
Opinion
Your Turn — Partnering with the Tobacco Commission
For more than two decades, Southside Virginia Community College (SVCC) has partnered with the Virginia Tobacco Region Revitalization ...