Opinion
Farmville Pride: Flags….Farmville….Pride
Editor’s note: This is the first in what will be a monthly column from Farmville Pride. Driving around ...
Lifestyles
Trents Mill News: Who doesn’t like BBQ?
Who doesn’t like a good BBQ dinner? And it’s even better when the money goes to a good ...
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: A Concise Guide to Modern Granddadding
Granddadding. Is that a word? If not, I’m making it one. There is nothing in this life quite ...
Opinion
Tommy Wright: Democrats struggle on crime
You can’t spin numbers like this: after a full year of Democratic-imposed pro-criminal legislation, crime is up significantly, ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff Jr.: Teaching all the wrong stuff
Despite having great teachers, much has been written about the content of our classroom education at every level ...
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Happy 100th birthday, Mr. Enfield!
As I get along in years, I find myself consciously checking items off my “bucket list” like many ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: Where is Elliott Ness when we need him?
For those of us that grew up in the 60s and 70s, the Untouchables television series with Elliott ...
Opinion
Robert Gordon: Why have a plan if you ignore it to create a PUD?
What follows is a legal opinion that I have drafted in my capacity as a resident of Farmville ...
Opinion
Luis Gutierrez: My time in the registrar’s office
Editor’s note: This column is in response to the one that ran in the June 2 edition, written ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: Looking at employment 17 years later
Seventeen years ago, Delegates Kathy Byron and Clark Hogan and I, after extensive research, concluded that Virginia’s training ...
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Let me tell you about my father
My good father died of mesothelioma in 1992 at the age of 57 — much too young — ...
Opinion
Tommy Wright: Let’s honor our veterans
The Virginia General Assembly passed legislation in the 2023 session that will provide relief for Virginia Veterans. While ...
Opinion
Jordan Miles Let’s talk about elections in Buckingham County
Free and fair elections are one of the prime pillars to the democratic experiment that began in 1776. ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: We need to rethink energy
Recent polling shows that, when asked, most people are in favor of green energy if the question is ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: Dealing with debt
Much attention has been given to the national debt lately. Sadly, it is an issue that should have ...
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Here we go, Farmville, another Gar in the boat
Well, Farmville, I guess you could say I had a way of getting myself into unusual predicaments when ...
Opinion
Michael Evans: First decade of President Reveley drives momentum
Longwood is concluding its 184th year. Virginia’s third-oldest public university has much to celebrate, here in America’s first ...
Opinion
Frank Ruff: Let’s talk about right and wrong
Most of us were taught at an early age the difference between right and wrong. Sometimes that lesson ...
Opinion
Mike Wilson: Where there’s a will, there’s a Wayne
I pretty much retired from dove hunting when the state opened up the “resident goose season” several years ...
Opinion
Brian Vincent: PUDs: Why here and why now? Pt. 2
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part column from Farmville Mayor Brian Vincent, detailing the thoughts ...
Opinion
Quentin R. Johnson: We need to honor our nurses
Florence Nightingale, who was born on May 12, 1820, earned respect and renown for the transformative contributions she ...
Opinion
Brian Vincent: Why Farmville is considering PUDs
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part guest column from Farmville Mayor Brian Vincent, going over ...
Opinion
Tommy Wright: We must lock up the killers
As Speaker Gilbert wrote last week, there is a silent killer terrorizing Virginia, taking an average of 35 ...
Opinion
Howard Gregory: Why I support John McGuire
John McGuire is an exceptional candidate for the Virginia Senate. There are three areas I will focus on: ...
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 ...
Lifestyles
Mike Wilson: Dear Farmville, I’m not a caffeine addict, I promise
Apparently I scarred my grown daughters for life by chugging down a Red Bull at 2 a.m. We ...
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 ...