Jordaine Penick announced she was retiring from racing after exiting her Hornets Division car following the final race of South Boston Speedway’s 2025 season. It was understandable. She is a teenager ...

Buckingham County High School (BCHS) appears to have been the victim to a “swatting” call Monday afternoon. Law enforcement defines swatting as a criminal hoax where someone makes a fake emergency ...

Former Burkeville Mayor Jim R. Eanes, a career journalist and civic leader, was recognized with the prestigious James Madison Award from the Samuel V. Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public ...

Prince Edward County High School is once again celebrating a win off the field after earning a $5,000 prize through T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights program for the second consecutive year. The high ...

Members of the Buckingham Middle School FFA Chapter competed in several competitions June 8-11, at the 100th Virginia FFA State Convention held on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. FFA ...

School is back in session for our area. We all can remember the excitement of a new year. Seeing our friends, meeting our teachers and buying our school supplies brought the hope of a fresh start. Of ...

One of the greatest strengths of Southside Virginia has always been the skill, work ethic and ingenuity of our people. Today, as our region attracts new investment in manufacturing, energy, technology ...

Cumberland’s Taylor Shores and her barrel racing partner, JC Firewater, affectionately known as “June Bug,” recently represented both Virginia and the Cumberland community at the National Barrel Horse ...

After President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday to alter childhood vaccine guidance, Virginia’s Department of Health on Tuesday reaffirmed the state’s requirements and recommendations ...

Five area fire departments were called out at 2:26 p.m. Sunday for a house fire in the rear of a structure in the 10000 block of Howardsville Road in Buckingham County. Glenmore Volunteer Fire ...

Editor’s note: This is the last of three parts on crime data in area counties. Prince Edward and Buckingham counties’ offense information ran last week. The 2025 Crime in Virginia report published ...