Campus community,

This evening Farmville Police and Longwood University Police responded to a report of gunshots near the intersection of Putney and Main streets. When police arrived on the scene, the suspects had already fled, and out of an abundance of caution, LUPD asked anyone on campus to stay inside in a secure location until police could ensure the grounds were safe and secure for the community to move around. No one was injured. Officers performed security checks on all campus buildings and grounds and announced campus was secured at 11:10 p.m. Farmville Police have recovered a weapon and detained a person of interest.

Campus community,

As always with weather events, Longwood is closely monitoring the track of Hurricane Dorian as it moves up the coast. The most current National Weather Service forecast shows we may experience some rain and light wind gusts later this week if Dorian stays on its current trajectory.

Your email is automatically loaded into our weather and emergency alerts system, but to ensure we have correct and complete information, please take this opportunity to log in and check your account. Just go to longwood.omnilert.net and sign in. Once in, you can add a mobile phone number and check your email.

Students: Your username is your LancerNet ID (the login for MyLongwood). Your password, if you havent changed it, is your L Number.
Faculty and staff: Your username is the same as your email (minus the @longwood.edu suffix). Your password, if you havent changed it, is your L Number.
For all others: Use the username and password you created when you signed up.

Remember you can always find updated information about ongoing situations at alerts.longwood.cloud.

Campus community,

Ahead of today's impending storm system, the National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Prince Edward County. As a precaution, cars that are parked in flood-prone areas, particularly the Virginia Street lot behind Midtown Landings, should be moved to either the Putney St. lot or the upper Wynne tiers. Commuters who typically park in the Virginia Street lot should also park in the upper Wynne tiers, and will not be ticketed.

Forecasts are calling for periods of heavy wind and rain this afternoon and evening. Please be safe on campus or if you are traveling. For weather updates, please visit to the National Weather Service's site at www.weather.gov.