As the calendar turns to 2026, many area residents who make minimum wage will see a raise coming in January. The increase is ...

Student interest and enrollment at Longwood University continue to climb, with applications and total enrollment rising to ...

AARP Virginia is offering free webinars in January, including a weekly Tuesday Explorers series and a job search workshop.

As 2026 approaches, thousands of Southside Virginians will be chosen to serve as potential jurors for the calendar year.

The last meeting of the year for Farmville Town Council started off with a recognition of its police department. Taylor ...

If parents, students and educators in Region 8 could compare the Virginia Department of Education’s School Performance and ...

The Cumberland Board of Supervisors discussed efforts to bring a new grocery store to the area using grants, supplemented by ...

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

Cumberland County earned a score of 43 in the 2025 AARP Livability Index, with about a quarter of the factors used to rank communities in the ...

Hampden-Sydney charter trustee the Rev. Archibald McRoberts; Revolutionary War surgeon Dr. Francois Josef Mettauer; Capt.

A Cumberland woman died Sunday, Dec. 14 in a single-vehicle crash in Cumberland County. In a news release, Virginia State ...

There were loads of smiles in Cumberland Sunday afternoon for the town’s annual Christmas parade. There were more than 80 ...