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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in Prince Edward County who have desired to receive the COVID-19 vaccine have received their first shot, and law enforcement ...
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in Prince Edward County who have desired to receive the COVID-19 vaccine have received their first shot, and law enforcement ... Read more
The Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several larcenies of catalytic converters from vehicles in the county that took place late last year. The ... Read more
Doug and Donna Spencer were charting a course for their life in retirement, and then God presented a different course. The Spencers embraced the new ... Read more
Friends of Buckingham has a bill in the Virginia House of Delegates that calls for a study evaluating the impacts of gold mining on public ... Read more
The landscape of area high school sports, which has been in a constant state of flux since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, has shifted ... Read more
The Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday, Jan. 12, to accept nearly $81,000 in pretrial grant funding for Piedmont Court Services (PCS), ... Read more
Cumberland County High School’s varsity boys basketball team has started the 2021 season 0-2, but it has also shown flashes of the strength fans of ... Read more
A major achievement in Prince Edward County High School (PECHS) sports history was recognized Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 12, at the Prince Edward County Career & ... Read more
Cumberland County High School’s shorthanded varsity girls basketball team made the most of the first week of its 2021 season, defeating host Franklin High School ... Read more
The Buckingham County School Board voted 6-1 Wednesday, Jan. 6, to not participate in season 2 sports, which includes football, girls volleyball, boys and girls ... Read more
The history of the Farmville area is rife with important events that should not be forgotten. The Farmville Herald has reported on these events since ... Read more
The impact of the surge in area COVID-19 cases has been revealed for a large variety of people and organizations, including Prince Edward County’s emergency ... Read more
Farmville-based radio stations WFLO-AM 870 and FM 95.7 are in the process of being sold to what Radio and Television Business Report described as the ... Read more
Imagine being a teenager and the star of a TV show that airs on any given night of the week to an audience of thousands. ... Read more
Rioters breached the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 6, suddenly halting the congressional certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. ... Read more
With the new year comes a variety of new Virginia laws that will change different aspects of life, including driving while holding a cellphone and ... Read more
In June 2009, the Town of Farmville began what ended up being an 11-and-a-half-year run sharing its name with a Flash-based farming game created by ... Read more
Fuqua School’s varsity girls basketball team suffered a lopsided loss to open its 2020-21 season, but the young Lady Falcons rebounded for a highly competitive ... Read more
Farmville has become an important spot on the map in Virginia for a brand new reason. The town has seen the installation of electric vehicle ... Read more
A lifelong dream for Mattison “Matt” Kinne came into focus when he recently signed to play collegiate baseball at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. ... Read more
Fuqua School’s varsity boys basketball team finished with a 2-1 in the first two weeks of its 2020-21 season. Falcons Head Coach Mike Edwards said ... Read more
Supervisors gave Prince Edward County Administrator Doug Stanley the greenlight Wednesday, Dec. 23, to advertise for a director of economic development and tourism after an ... Read more
A Keysville woman died in a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Patrick Henry Highway in Prince Edward County early Monday evening, Dec. 28. Virginia State ... Read more
The year 2020 is one that provokes strong feelings, which only serves to highlight the potential distinction that comes with turning the page to a ... Read more
Story by Titus Mohler Photos by Pattie Brunette Pattie Brunette has become an impactful part of the artistic community in Farmville and Southside Virginia in ... Read more
Prince Edward County’s Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday, Dec. 23, to give one-time bonuses to all county employees — $1,000 for full-time employees and officers ... Read more
Amber Gillen was described by a 2019 Prince Edward County High School (PECHS) soccer coach as the glue that held the Lady Eagles together, and ... Read more