While many high school students are still enjoying their summer break, the JROTC Raiders from Buckingham County High School participated in one of the nation’s premier leadership development camps.

Prince Edward County’s emergency management director will take on the newly-created title of director of public safety. Trey Pyle will assume those expanded duties effective July 1. The expansion of ...

Well, Disney has me in my feels again with “Toy Story 5,” which may be the franchise’s best film since “Toy Story 2” in 1999. Timely, emotional, and with the same wit and imagination we have come to ...

The celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence kicks off Saturday in Meherrin. Meherrin Fire and Rescue’s 40th Annual Fourth of July Celebration ...

Southside Virginia remains under a drought warning in the latest update from the state’s Drought Monitoring Task Force despite recent rainfall. As the drought conditions continue to affect much of the ...

Welcome to our Salute to First Responders edition. Our First Responders publication offers a glimpse at some of the dedicated folks in law enforcement, rescue squads and fire departments who protect ...

Master Gardener Jackie Fairbarns, a member of the Buckingham-Dillwyn Garden Club, presented a well received program on propagation at the Buckingham County Library May 23. Everyone in attendance went ...

When the Farmville Planning Commission reviewed the final bit of the town’s transportation comprehensive plan May 20, they sought to identify necessary cost updates and a list of project completions.

Though simple, this proverb contains a timeless lesson. Throughout history, people have often been deceived by appearances. A pleasant smile, attractive promises or words of support can sometimes ...

On Tuesday, the Virginia Senate released its latest budget proposal that preserves a sales and use tax exemption for the data center industry, the major hangup that has gummed up negotiations between ...

Today’s column is the second part of a previous column that presented and explained contemporary uses of language such as riz, brain rot and six-seven. Other current uses of English that may be new or ...

I’ve done it myself. We love unity, don’t we? We want what we are thinking, feeling and experiencing to be something shared with other people. I think about being at a football game and the feeling I ...