March 27, 2024
A gas storage tank leak prompted a massive Hazmat response and large-scale evacuation along East Atlantic Street in South Hill on Friday of last week. Numerous shoppers, employees, residents and hotel guests were evacuated from nearby homes and businesses after authorities determined that gasoline...
Susan Kyte Mecklenburg Sun | March 27, 2024
Nick Rich and Molly Waller are hoping to share their passion for animal conservation by opening a wilderness retreat in Mecklenburg County near Clarksville. The nearly 70-acre Lakeshore Wilderness Retreats will offer guests a chance to vacation in the midst of wild animals living in...
March 27, 2024
An elderly South Hill man has been charged with second degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of his wife, in what police have described as a murder/attempted suicide. Douglas Hinman was arrested March 15 and is currently in police custody, according South...
March 27, 2024
Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed legislation Tuesday to rename the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff Jr. Center for Rural Virginia. Surrounded by Ruff’s family and General Assembly colleagues, Youngkin also announced Ruff’s appointment as a citizen member to the Tobacco Region...
Mike Moseley Mecklenburg Sun | March 27, 2024
The Mecklenburg County High School varsity softball team went 1-for-3 last week in non-district action. Thursday, the Phoenix lost a pitching duel with Central-Lunenburg, 1-0. The day prior they suffered a 7-2 loss to Region 4D opponent Jefferson Forest. On Monday Mecklenburg scored a 7-3...
Mike Moseley Mecklenburg Sun | March 27, 2024
The Mecklenburg County High School varsity baseball team fell to 0-6 last week with three non-district losses. On Friday, Mecklenburg dropped an away game with Jefferson Forest 11-1. The boys fell to Central-Lunenburg Thursday 10-3 and on Monday saw a 1-1 tie game midway the...
March 27, 2024
Lois Childrey Buchanan of Halifax, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at Clarksville Health & Rehab. She was born...
March 27, 2024
Juanita Frances Owen Barksdale of South Boston, died Saturday, March 23 at the age of 91. Mrs. Barksdale was born...
March 27, 2024
Anthony Andrew Holcomb of South Boston, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the age of 61. He was born...
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 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...
March 27, 2024
Dear Viewpoint: Are you aware that a professional orchestra from North Carolina has been performing for Mecklenburg County’s primary students each year for the...
Tom McLaughlin Mecklenburg Sun | March 27, 2024
Catching up with the news: » Last week landed on a sad note with news of the passing of Barbara Martin, proprietor of Virginia Avenue...
March 27, 2024
Dear Viewpoint: Girls just want to play! Yeah, basketball — and soccer, lacrosse, volleyball and everything else. This year marks the 50th anniversary of...
March 27, 2024
Dear Viewpoint: It is no surprise to me that three “State Government Knows Best” Democratic legislators from urban districts that will never suffer the...
March 27, 2024
Dear Viewpoint: Back in the late ‘60s Edwin Starr released a song entitled “WAR.” It was a protest song about the Vietnam war or...
Holly Stadtler Special to the Sun
The two leading role actors are traveling hours from North Carolina for weekly rehearsals in the Clarksville Community Players’ upcoming musical Bright Star, written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Ashley Wenzel-Jones plays the female lead, Alice Murphy, and Daryl Ray Carliles plays Jimmy Ray...
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...