Prince Edward County

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Virginia education officials say 68 percent of the state's public schools met new annual benchmarks in reading, mathematics and graduation. The state Department of Education on Wednesday released results of the objectives aimed at reducing proficiency...

WEEK 4                       E.C. Glass 17, William Fleming 13   Franklin County 33, Magna Vista 30     Heritage 44, Halifax County 12  Patrick Henry 35, Blacksburg 13   George Washington 45, Churchland 14      Alleghany 36, Bath County 7  Salem...

State police are investigating another wreck that killed three pedestrians, including a man from Lynchburg. This accident happened Saturday night around 10:30pm on Route 460 in Pamplin, Virginia, which is in Prince Edward County. State Police say...

Three local families are dealing with the deaths of young people who were killed in car accidents over the July 4th weekend. Watching cars pass by his front porch, Ronald Smith can't help but think about the vehicle that slammed into his two children a...

A play based on the real-life Civil War-era letters of Richard and Mary Watkins has its premiere Thursday in Gloucester. The play is based on the book "Send Me a Pair of Old Boots & Kiss My Little Girls" by Williamsburg author Jeff Toalson. The play...

[This story appeared in the Daily Press, May 18, 1997. Jim Kincaid died Sunday, July 17, 2011, at his home in Farmville.] ++++++++++++++++++++ || Jim Kincaid, retired anchor at WVEC-TV in Norfolk, was honored Saturday as the winner of the Virginia...

Virginia Etheline Forrest, 89, of Hagerstown, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Meritus Medical Center near Hagerstown. Born June 26, 1922, in Prince Edward County, Va. she was the daughter of the late Martin B. and Virginia E. (Bagby) Covington....

FARMVILLE, Va. -- Four people found slain in a small Virginia college town were bludgeoned to death, authorities said Tuesday, and the aspiring rapper suspected of killing them befriended two of the victims through a subculture of violent, macabre music....

++++++++++++++++++++ || || || The children of Newport News Shipyard workers walk to school in this May, 1942 photograph taken by Pat Terry of the Farm Services Administration. || ++++++++++++++++++++   ++++++++++++++++++++ || || ++++++++++++++++++++...