After decades of existence, the United Way of Prince Edward County is considering ceasing operation.

Eric Joseph Gravette, who was convicted in September 2020 of federal drug conspiracy and weapons charges, was sentenced recently in U.S. District Court in Lynchburg to 262 months in federal prison.

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Tylor Austin Angstadt, 26, of Spout Spring, pleaded guilty to charges related to a break-in and theft at Martin’s Market on Promise Land Road in Appomattox County.

The number of people filing their very first claim for unemployment in the Lynchburg region has climbed to its highest level since last July. 

Centra announced plans to sell its four long-term care and skilled nursing facilities to Cascade Capital Group with operations through Hill Valley Health-care and its Life Plan Community to LifeSpire of Virginia.

Emily Wilbourne of Farmville was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Wilbourne was initiated at Elon University.

The J. Robert Jamerson Memorial Library in Appomattox has announced that they have been in communication with Paul Taylor of the Taverham Library in Norwich, England, to start a “sister library.”

The Appomattox County Sheriff’s Office on Monday announced the arrest of 14 individuals for narcotics distribution in Appomattox County.

The University of Lynchburg announced today that every new student entering in Fall 2021 who has filed the FAFSA will be given a laptop at no charge.

Fuqua School announces scholastic recognition for the lower/middle/upper school levels for the third nine weeks grading period of the 2020-2021 academic year. 

Officials with the Lynchburg Regional Vaccination Center, located in the Candlers Station Shopping Center, announced the opening of a new telephone bank that will assist Central Virginia residents in obtaining appointments to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. 

Dr. Kerry Gateley, health director for the Central Virginia Health District (CVHD), shared with Lynchburg officials recently that the CVHD is now in Phase 2 of COVID-19 vaccinations. 

The upcoming summer school program was one of the topics discussed at the March 25 meeting of the Appomattox County School Board.

 The 2021-22 fiscal year budget of the Appomattox County Public School District was approved at the March 25 meeting of the school board and forwarded Friday to Appomattox County Administrator Susan Adams for county review.

First-time unemployment claims in the Lynchburg area reached their highest level in two months, just as it reached the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 being declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. 

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Cameron Faulkner Fleshman, 46, of Appomattox, was convicted on three probation violations and sentenced to serve four months in jail with three months of time already served counting toward the sentence.

Central Virginia Community College (CVCC) officials have announced a plan to produce two virtual graduation ceremonies during the month of May.  One is for the college’s Class of 2020 graduates and the second will be for this year’s Class of 2021 graduates.

Highway work requiring road/lane/structure closures planned; however, work may be delayed/canceled due to weather or other issues. For up-to-date information, call 511 or visit www.511Virginia.org.  

Central Virginia Health District (CVHD) entered COVID-19 vaccination Phase 1c on March 25. The transition was made following “statements from our central office, feedback from major vaccinators in the district, and our own internal analyses,” said CVHD Health Director Kerry Gateley, MD, MPH. 

The Babcock Inn, a premier level Porch Partner of A Mother’s Rest (AMR), will be hosting a three-night respite retreat April 16-19 exclusively for adoptive and foster moms of loved ones with extra needs. 

Discussion of the fiscal 2022 budget for the Town of Appomattox continued in the town council’s March 23 workshop meeting.

After much deliberation and several meetings, Appomattox County’s budget for fiscal 2022 was finalized on Monday, March 29, at the final budget meeting. Now all that remains is for the budget to be duly advertised for a public hearing.

In the Appomattox Town Council workshop meeting March 23, three organizations presented requests to the council for Community Agency Funding in 2022: Appomattox Tourism Committee, Appomattox Chamber of Commerce and the Historic Appomattox Railroad Festival. They also reported to the council …

As the number of COVID-19 cases within Appomattox County and the Appomattox County Public Schools system decline, virtual students are being encouraged to return to in-person learning to the degree that classroom space allows.

At around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, the Appomattox Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched in the area of the 500 block of Acorn Drive in Appomattox County to investigate smoke in a residence.

Kevin Turner, broker/owner of CENTURY 21 ALL-SERVICE announced Tuesday that Century 21 Real Estate LLC recently recognized Appomattox sales affiliate Michelle Ford with the CENTURY 21 2020 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award.