South Boston officers Tiffaney Bratton, Travis Clay and Clifton Mann confront Linwood Raymond Lambert Jr. of Richmond outside the hospital ER.

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The authors of “An Architectural History of Halifax County, Virginia” garnered praise at a joint session of the Halifax County Board of Supervisors and South Boston and Halifax town councils Monday. Supervisors vice chairman J.T. Davis, Halifax Mayor Kristy Johnson and South Boston Vice Mayor Coleman Speece presented each member of the Historical Society book committee with resolutions of appreciation: Andrew Bohannon, Ginger Gentry, Donna Strange, Barbara Bass, Peggy Hammond, Jane Edmunds, Peggy Crews and Joe Graves.