With excessive rain amounts hitting Farmville over Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19, Farmville Area Community Emergency Services (FACES) was in the midst of their normal Saturday morning distribution when water started coming in forcing them to shut down, according to FACES President Ellery Sedgwick. “We ...
More than one improvised explosive device (IED) were seized from a South Virginia Street residence alongside other weapons by the Piedmont Regional Drug and Gang Task Force resulting in one arrest on Monday, April 23, according to Longwood University Chief of Police Col. Robert Beach. At 9 p.m. on Monday, ...
The four individuals arrested during the conclusion of an ongoing drug investigation on March 26 and 27 will go to court for their adjudicatory hearing on May 29, according to the General District Court Online Information System. Such a hearing can include the final judgement in a case, according to ...
Seen as a problem resurfacing every year in front of the Student Government Association (SGA), the add/drop deadline for students to add or withdraw from courses at the beginning of the semester is set at five school days. After a Facebook survey hosted by SGA in February saw that 88.9% of the 90 surveyed ...
After receiving student feedback, starting in Fall 2018, Longwood Dining Services will implement To-Go Meals where students will be able to take out, straight from Dorrill Dining Hall known as the new Outta Here, according to Senior Director of Longwood Dining Services, Grant Avent. To-Go meals will ...
Convenience with recycling is one of the major challenges Longwood University faces for sustainability, according to Jennifer Carlson, assistant coordinator for the office for sustainability. “Recycling is definitely a challenge,” said Carlson. “Convenience is the biggest challenge.” According ...
Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) has identified Javonte Elijah Juan Williams, 23, as the suspect from an armed robbery on Saturday, April 7 at 2:47 p.m. at the Longwood Landings. The victim and suspect knew each other and wasn’t random, according to Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. ...
After conducting a small investigation, Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) has concluded the missing parking decals on students’ cars are due to the fluctuation in temperature and have fallen off, according to Chief of Police Col. Bob Beach. “Initially we had a lot of reports of people ...
With no history of an active shooter at Longwood University, Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Tim Pierson said in the case there is an active shooter emergency plan as it "is a requirement by the state". “We have individuals walking through the campus sometimes guns or things like and that ...
The Piedmont Regional Drug and Gang Task Force arrested three men and one women in relation to an ongoing drug investigation that resulted in a search warrant at a residence in the 500 block of Hill Street in Farmville, Va., according to a press release by the Virginia State Police. On Monday, March ...
With a goal to receive community feedback, the Farmville Downtown Partnership hosted its third annual SOUP event on March 23 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with about 190 people, according to John Burton, program manager for the Farmville Downtown Partnership. According to Burton, the SOUP program ...
Several versions of white nationalist flyers were found in the Midtown Landings and outside of Ruffner Hall by students and a Longwood police officer March 22 and 23, according to Longwood Chief of Police Col. Robert Beach. When asked about any previous signs of white nationalist material, Vice President ...
After two years of brainstorming and planning, Wayfast Delivery started serving Farmville on Feb. 14, according to Wayfast Delivery owner Jacob Jamerson. The business initially was designed to deliver groceries to homes from the stores. After some research on the delivery service industry, Jamerson ...
With of a goal of bringing 1,090 students in fall 2018, Director of Admissions Jason Faulk said the office added campus recruitment opportunities with bringing more students to campus, texting with students via signal and shortening the decision wait time to 21 days. “We are really going to manage ...
Located at 119 N. Main Street, One19 is set to open in early April, according to Bill McKay, the owner of One19. According to McKay, there will be a soft opening in April and a grand opening in May. “I plan to open early April, first a couple of soft openings for a lot of our friends and family who ...
After moving the Longwood Barnes and Noble bookstore in November 2017 from the Midtown Landings, focus groups and plans have been made for a grocery store, according to Sheri McGuire, associate vice president of the office of community and economic development. The Longwood Real Estate Foundation began ...
Since removing the washing and drying units from each Longwood Landings apartment units to a centralized laundry facility in fall 2017, residents have voiced complaints in the form of a petition that had 110 signatures calling the attention of Resident and Commuter Life (RCL), the Lancer Card ...
Student Government Association $900 - Allocation would be for blue books to become free for students and given through SGA office - SFC approved the allocation The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) allocated money to the Student Government Association on Thursday, March 15 to fund their attempts to provide ...
Recently, The Rotunda conducted an unscientific survey of student opinion relating to parking with 86 respondents. Students were asked if there is enough parking at Longwood, if there is enough regulations for parking, if this was enough parking specifically for commuters, main campus residents and ...
Following department budget cuts in response to a predicted revenue shortfall, the Faculty Senate raised concerns regarding the reliance on summer and winter intersession monies to supplement their low base budgets to the Board of Visitors in a letter on Nov. 30, 2017. Due to low summer course enrollment, ...
