Farmville

Since Sylvia and Guojun's arrest in May of 2025, they'd had at least six more children, also through surrogates, bringing their tally to 27.

In addition to the kids in LA, two were in foster care in Pennsylvania, one was in Georgia, and one was still living with a surrogate who carried her in Farmville, Virginia.

The fate of all these kids depended on what was in that case file.

It's confidential, tightly guarded by the juvenile court.

But his foster parent and a medical evaluator described him as a very resilient baby who showed interest in the toys and people around him and wiggled his little fingers and toes.

There was one kid I was still hearing updates about.

That was the baby in Farmville, Virginia.

the only one still living with a surrogate who'd carried her.

Smoky Mountain results this weekend.

On the eighteenth, they're in Farmville, Virginia.

There is a Battle Royal won by Tracy Smothers.

Also on the card, Chris Candido defeating Tasmania.

Hello, mama, where are you? Hello mama, hello mama, hello mama Where you been since I met you? Can't forget you, wanna see you one more time again

Now, hailing from Farmville, Virginia, Christopher Anthony Lunsford began writing music in 2021 using his grandfather's name, Oliver Anthony, to represent his songs of blue-collar hardship and rural life.

Singing in a passionate, rough-hewn, country folk vocal style, he began releasing singles by recording them at his off-the-grid farm and posting them online.

He soon began receiving grassroots attention from fans who claimed that his songs had helped them with their own struggle.

Because if surrogates like Melissa are allowed to change their minds and keep the kids they carry, then the surrogacy industry might not be much of an industry at all.

In February, Natalie and I flew to Richmond, Virginia, and drove an hour west to the town of Farmville.

It's home to fewer than 10,000 people, an excellent Indian restaurant, and a small college.

It was late winter, and the trees were bare.

It was about a baby girl.

Okay, so we're outside of the Prince Edward County District Court.

Natalie and I had timed our visit to Farmville to coincide with a hearing in the parents' case against Melissa.

Do you want to say a little bit about what is going to happen today?

New trials awarded.

Cases moved to Farmville, the seat of Prince Edward County.

New jury.

Twelve white men described in period accounts as substantial farmers.

He was still telling it the day he climbed the scaffold.

July 3rd, 1896.

At the Farmville retrial of Pokey Barnes, the Commonwealth's attorney stood before the judge and said, in summary, that the evidence in the Commonwealth's possession was not sufficient to justify a guilty verdict.

He asked to proceed no further.

When the school needed more space, the county provided tar paper shacks that leaked when it rained and were impossible to heat in winter.

Meanwhile, the white high school in nearby Farmville had been recently renovated with modern facilities and served fewer students than Moton was supposed to accommodate.

Johns had been watching these inequalities for years, but the final straw came when the county announced plans to build another set of temporary buildings instead of constructing a proper high school for Black students.

She realized that Prince Edward County would never voluntarily provide equal education for Black children.