The Halifax County High School varsity softball team won its Piedmont District opener 6-2 over Magna Vista on Tuesday. Halifax (4-2, 1-0 Piedmont) trailed 2-0 until the top of the sixth inning when ...

The Halifax County High School varsity boys soccer team lost its match with Magna Vista Tuesday 3-2. Halifax (2-2, 0-1 Piedmont) takes on Mecklenburg tonight in a home match. Mecklenburg (0-0-1, 0-0 ...

Mecklenburg County’s new recycling program is under way. Mecklenburg County officials, using social media, announced on Monday that the first of its comingled recycling bins were available at two ...

Last week’s Signalgate scandal — y’know, the one where the White House national security team shared plans for bombing Yemen in a group chat with a journalist for The Atlantic magazine — has led me to ...

Imagine my shock when I found out last week that copies of Orbit Video magazine, which I managed, are now being sold online for $40 to $49 apiece. Why didn’t I save more from the stacks of copies ...

Things will quickly tighten up for our local high school teams across the area this week as district play for spring varsity teams begins. Mecklenburg County High School varsity baseball and softball ...

Kavonte Jakyle Drequan Gayles of Saxe could spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was convicted this week of second degree murder in a June 2023 shooting spree in Clarksville. A five-man, ...

On September 26, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane. This storm would soon make its way to western Virginia and western North Carolina, leaving behind extreme ...

The 7 Bridges Solar project moved one step closer to reality after the Mecklenburg County Planning Commission voted narrowly Thursday to recommend a special exception permit for developer Longroad ...

Bobby Russell Coleman, 70 of Bracey, died Sunday, March 23, 2025 at VCU-Community Memorial Hospital.  He was a retired coal miner.  A visitation was held Wednesday, March 26 at Crowder-Hite-Crews ...

Danny Westley Bruce Sr., 72, of Chase City, passed away Monday, March 24, 2025. He was born Nov. 21, 1952 and was the son of the late Carl Edward Bruce Sr. and the late Ellie Jeanette “Polly” Bruce. ” ...

Evalyn Mebane Gordon Estes was born April 10, 1924 in Baskerville, to Eva Mebane Walters Gordon and Royal Polk Gordon. She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Hollis Mason Estes Sr., her ...