March 25, 2024
The body of a North Carolina man was recovered from Buggs Island Lake around noon on Monday in an apparent suicide.
March 25, 2024
Students at Mecklenburg County High School were on lockdown Thursday morning for an unannounced sweep of the school for drugs and contraband.
March 25, 2024
Enrollment for both Summer and Fall classes at Danville Community College will open April 1. Prospective students are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to embark on their educational journey at one of the leading institutions in the region. “We’re encouraging individuals to take...
March 25, 2024
Luke Baldwin is the King of the Modifieds. Competing in only his third career Tour-Type Modified race, Baldwin won the new crown jewel Pace-O-Matic King of the Modifieds race, the feature race of Sunday’s season-opening URW Community Federal Credit Union Race Day event at South...
March 18, 2024
Michael Craig Byrd of South Boston, died Tuesday, March 5 at the age of 64. He was born in Washington,...
March 12, 2024
Willard Wayne Noblin of South Boston passed away March 11, 2024 at the age of 82. He was born in...
March 12, 2024
Joyce Newcomb Martin of Clover passed away Sunday, March 10, 2024 at the age of 77. She was born in...
March 11, 2024
Robin Lynn McKinney, 60, of South Boston, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Wednesday, March 6, 2024...
March 11, 2024
Howard Irvin Barksdale of Clover, died Tuesday, March 5 at the age of 60. Mr. Barksdale was born in Halifax...
March 26, 2024
Cleotis Brown, 69, of Nelson, entered eternal rest Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at his residence. Mr. Brown was born in...
March 26, 2024
Doris Madeline Womack Cox, 72, of Chase City, entered eternal rest Monday, March 25, 2024. She was born Oct. 3,...
March 26, 2024
Dennis Hayes, 53, of Buffalo Junction, passed away Sunday, March 17, 2024 at his residence. Mr. Hayes was born in...
March 26, 2024
Jason E. Spencer Jr., 77, of Henderson, N.C., entered eternal rest Friday, March 15, 2024 at Maria Parham Health, Henderson,...
March 26, 2024
Maria Mostert Greening, 81 of Bracey, died Monday, March 18, 2024 at her home. She was a self employed...
Tom McLaughlin Mecklenburg Sun | March 20, 2024
Among the many pleasures of parenthood is getting to know your kids’ friends. You get to witness the nuttiest things. Growing up, my kids hung...
March 20, 2024
Dear Viewpoint: As a proud legacy of Old West End High School, now Bluestone Middle, I am deeply concerned about the potential demise of...
Mike Doan News & Record | March 20, 2024
When people talk about Washington, D.C., the conversation inevitably turns to traffic. They complain that it’s terrible. They’re right. We must have driven 10 to...
Tom McLaughlin News & Record | March 13, 2024
The recent decade has brought a welcome burst of rebuilding — in particular, new schools to replace ones that should have been put out to...
Mike Doan News & Record | March 13, 2024
The best thing about being AP’s Las Vegas correspondent was all of the musical performances I saw. Most of the casino/hotels invited the press...
November 16, 2023
Dear Viewpoint: Since moving back to Halifax County seven years ago I have tried to use and patronize local businesses whenever possible. This past...
November 9, 2023
Dear Viewpoint: Mary Hatch’s excellent op-ed in News & Record (Thursday, Nov. 2) laid bare our county schools’ historic bias against CTE classes. She...
November 6, 2023
Dear Viewpoint: Linda Shepperd is my choice to represent Election District 5 on the Halifax County Board of Supervisors. I would like everyone in...
November 2, 2023
Dear Viewpoint: As we approach the end of the 2023 local election calendar, we encourage the voting citizens of Halifax County’s Election District 4...
November 2, 2023
Dear Viewpoint: Is local government for sale in Halifax County? Did you know a Political Action Committee (PAC) known as Rural Economic Development (R.E.D.)...
Son Of A Gun, a Guns N’ Roses tribute band, will be playing at The Colonial Center in South Hill April 20 at 7 p.m. Fronted by Ari Kamin, this five-piece band based in Los Angeles, formed in 2012 in Argentina, they took advantage of...
The Clarksville Community Players held its annual meeting and dinner for patrons Saturday, March 2, giving attendees a glimpse of the upcoming musical Bright Star, confirming the extension of elected board members for another year, and presenting Nancy Barden with a Lifetime Achievement Award....
Get ready for a stage experience unlike any other when Into the Woods hits the stage at Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Colonial Center in South Hill. Into the Woods is one of the most popular Broadway musicals of all time. Whimsical fairy tales...
The Chatham Concert Series brings the Roanoke Ballet Theatre to perform at Chatham Hall’s VanVoorhis Hall Sunday, March 10 at 3:30 p.m.. New choreography to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream and Aaron Copland’s “Hoe-down” will be accompanied by live music of...
The Clarksville Community Players have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation for the Virginia ArtStars program, which recognizes five organizations in the state each year for their arts education programs and community impact. As a non-profit organization with 50 years...