On Jan. 3, the Farmville Police Department responded to a call at the Comfort Inn on South Main St.. It was reported that a black male suspect entered a room, drew a firearm and demanded all of the occupant’s money. The suspect then proceeded to flee with a female occupant of the room. This past week, ...
On Wednesday, Jan. 28, at least 45 people consisting of Farmville residents, families, students, faculty and staff, as well as one canine had attended a public meeting at the Farmville Train Station to voice “the desire and need for a dog park,” according to the original event description and in ...
Dr. Tim Pierson, vice president for Student Affairs, opened the board meeting in discussion on the recent cases of Gastroenteritis, which is the norovirus that has closed Hampden-Sydney College due to the breakout. “There are no plans to close the university right now,” said Dr. Pierson. During ...
A virus that put Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) out of commission last week has made its way to Longwood University. Since this past Sunday, Feb. 1, there have been roughly three-dozen confirmed cases of the norovirus at Longwood University. In an online-alert the University said, “With a student body ...
Longwood junior basketball player Jason Pimentel was found guilty of sexual battery in a trial early Monday morning, after being charged Nov. 5 via a Nov. 2 incident. “During the course of the trial and the proceedings he was found guilty of sexual battery,” said Longwood Police Criminal Investigator ...
Hampden-Sydney College (HSC) administrators have officially closed the schools doors this afternoon, until Monday, Feb. 2. According to the Farmville Herald, more than 300 people affiliated with HSC have been sickened. Officials believe the cause to be gastroenteritis, which is caused by the Norovirus. According ...
“The white kindred of the south and even the north, as well as sea to shining sea, are all uniting on common grounds to restore America as it was founded…as an extension of Europe,” James Moore, the grand dragon (state leader) of the Loyal White Knights, more commonly known as the Ku Klux Klan, ...
Some students transcend university culture, but still are simultaneously misunderstood by it. Riley Cole was a senior global politics major and history minor who was always around other students, and could be found on campus constantly at the gym, or riding his bike. According to NBC 29, last month ...
After being replaced by the Longwood Bed & Breakfast and having to operate from Lancaster, alumni will finally have a home in the new Frank O. and Katharine Allen Maugans Alumni Center. The center is scheduled to be completed in May of this year, but the construction on the outside of the building ...
The Longwood University Police Department(LUPD) has been recognized by Security Magazine for being in the top 500 best security leaders in 2014. Currently the LUPD is ranked 16th among colleges and universities in the annual evaluation of the security industry. According to a Longwood University press ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) senate meeting began with Old Business, revisiting last week’s change to the SFC bylaw discussion that was tabled. Funds for four students to attend conferencing were called to question as SGA “couldn’t fund any organization under councils,” clarified ...
Senior Harrison Waddell will be given the opportunity to walk on his May 8, 2015 graduation date. After the Faculty Senate came to a vote, they passed the amendment, allowing Waddell to walk. The amendment grants students who are “one course and/or seven credits” away from completion of the required ...
On Jan. 18, The Washington Post published an article referencing Longwood University and its relationship with the Farmville community, as well as its future affiliation currently in the works with the local Moton Museum. For some people in the community, the article seemed like good publicity ...
A Longwood student was hit by a car Monday evening while walking across an intersection behind Cox Hall. Farmville Police said the accident occurred after a Farmville resident was headed northbound on Griffin Blvd. who said she didn’t see the student crossing the intersection. “He was walking across ...
Senior Harrison Waddell came into the spring not knowing if he would be able to participate in graduation. Waddell will be three credits short of Longwood University’s 120 credit hour requirement by the May 9, 2015 graduation date. But after the Longwood University Faculty Senate came to a vote, they ...
The Student Government Association (SGA) began the senate meeting with discussion for Longwood’s LiveSafe app “Longwood’s Got Your Back” – the coaster slogan was approved. Updates and changes to the Student Finance Committee (SFC) bylaws were discussed. President Joseph Gills explained the ...
On Jan. 5, the former Chief of Police, Doug Mooney, officially retired after providing five years of service, leaving the position vacant until a replacement takes over permanently. “The police chief position was advertised in local and state-wide publications with an application deadline,” said ...
Senior, Harrison Waddell, is a Communication Studies major with a concentration in Mass Media. Currently Waddell will not be able to walk during his graduation ceremony in May of 2015, just shy of three credits. According to Longwood’s graduation policy requirements, students who “have completed ...
If Virginia state House Republican majority leader Kirk Cox’s bill is passed during the Virginia General Assembly 2015 legislative session, it could leave Longwood University, and other schools alike, frantically searching for supplementary athletics funds. House bill 1897 was fully approved unanimously ...
A massive fire engulfed a trailer in the Eastgate Trailer Park on Landon St. Thursday afternoon, which the owner says was caused by a tarnished electric heater cord. The Farmville Volunteer Fire Department, and two other Departments, responded to a call received at 11:27 a.m., and arrived on the scene ...
