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J.P. Morgan scandal quashes South Boston money plans

The J.P. Morgan Chase blunder scandalizing Wall Street has made its way to South Boston.

South Boston budget elicits no comments

South Boston Town Council got no comment at all on the first public hearing for its proposed 2012-13 budget and its accompanying fee list on Monday night.

Rash of battery thefts reported over weekend

The Halifax Sheriff’s Department received several calls about the theft of large batteries over this past week-end. A battery was stolen from a large piece of logging equipment, and another…

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Lady Comets to face Franklin County for WVD tournament title

Easily get past GW in WVD semifinal.

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Halifax uses assets to build disaster-relief housing for Haiti

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Top, the house before being disassembled for shipment. Above, packed and ready for delivery.
The first prototype of an energy-efficient disaster relief home is due to arrive in Saint Marc, Haiti at the end of this month.

PBS finds local story of black heritage

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From top, Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Photo courtesy PBS.) Women in Virginia, 1910. (Photo courtesy Library of Congress.) Margarett Cooper, second from right, traces her ancestry to Susanna Speed, who sued her master in Halifax County, Va., for her freedom in 1782. She won. Cooper is pictured at an event in New York City with Gates, right. (Photo courtesy Frank Stewart/Jazz at Lincoln Center)
Breakthroughs in African-American genealogy play role

Assembly declines to name judges

Local vacancies left in limbo as legislators wrap up session

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Artistry of Slate Seed advertising still shines
The inclusion of the old Hyco Store — thought to be the starting site of the Slate Seed Co. — on Preservation Virginia’s Most Endangered Historical Sites list last week prompts a look at this piece of artwork.

Halifax County trustees seek money for studies; hold firm on dismissals of aides

Halifax County School trustees on Monday night voted to ask the Halifax County Board of Supervisors for $250,000 that the county set aside last year for the school efficiency study and curriculum audit.

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