The Southside Tobacco Loan Forgiveness Program is currently taking applications for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Halifax County Supervisors will hold their regular monthly meeting tonight beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the second floor meeting room of the Mary Bethune Complex. The Board has no public hearings on its agenda, but members are expected to approve a resolution approving the creation 49 Ag/Forestal districts for local property owners.

On Sunday morning, March 6 officers from the South Boston Police Department were called to Halifax Regional Hospital to speak with a 19 year old male who was being treated for an apparent gunshot wound.

The Collection & Recycling Center located in the Blue Ridge Regional Jail lower parking lot in Halifax is the latest site to be converted to co-mingled recycling, joining the South Boston, Volens, Four Forks, and the Old Bethel landfill site. The rest of the county collection sites will enjoy this convenience soon.