Rural life was very good in the 1950s — most youth attended some church, school and lived the practical world as revealed to ...

The Herald Church and Community Events calendar is published each Friday. Items must be submitted by 10 a.m. Monday for that ...

The Farmville Detention Center has new ownership. That filing came Tuesday night, announcing that CoreCivic, based out of Brentwood, Tennessee, had acquired the Farmville facility for a total price of ...

Buckingham County has joined neighborsPrince Edward and Lunenburg by issuinga burn ban as severe drought conditionscontinue to grip the region.

“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” — Jeremiah 29:11 A new week brings a new idea. Over decades of ...

The company has expanded to include locations in Manassas and also Raleigh, North Carolina, but the primary location for Green Front is and always has been downtown Farmville. It is there, spread ...

The collective efforts of law enforcement have resulted in the arrest of eight individuals, five from Charlotte County, one from Cumberland County, one from Campbell County and one from North Carolina ...

In recent weeks, Southside Community Hospital has been the subject of public discussion, speculation and concern following a report suggesting that some rural hospitals across the nation, including 10 ...

Dignitaries from across the country joined together in the U.S. Capitol to honor the heroic actions of Barbara Rose Johns and to install a bronze sculpture in the Capitol Statuary Hall Collection of ...

An unexpected communication from the Social Security Administration arrives. It might warn that a Social Security number has been linked to ...

Del. Tommy Wright and Sens. Tammy Mulchi and Luther Cifers saw 11 of their bills fail and nine measures delayed until 2027. More than 2,400 bills were introduced by lawmakers, with about half gaining ...