dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
The Halifax County-South Boston Public Library System is proud to announce the new Emma C. Edmunds Virginia History Collection. Edmunds was a graduate of Randolph Macon Women’s College and worked as a journalist for the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Magazine. She also served as the...
tom@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
One man has been charged and police continue to search for others they believe were involved in an early morning shooting incident Thursday in South Hill. An off-duty Virginia State Trooper was fired upon during the incident and a 9mm handgun believed to have been...
Amy Huskin hired as HCPS division superintendent, pledges to invest in relationships, curriculum; ‘I’m here for the long haul’ to | May 19, 2022
Halifax County Public Schools has a new division superintendent — Amy D. Huskin, current director of curriculum, instruction and CTE for Appomattox County Public Schools. Huskin was introduced at a special meeting of the Halifax County School Board Monday night. She begins her new post...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
Leading up to the prom Saturday night at Halifax County High School, reminders for students to drive safely stand forlornly in the student parking lot. The sight of three badly battered vehicles — each destroyed in wrecks — hopefully will convince students to maintain control...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
The Halifax County Planning Commission voted 4-2 to back a proposed meat processing and slaughterhouse facility on Sinai Road despite the objections from nearly two dozen residents of the area who spoke at a public hearing Tuesday night. The recommendation by the planning commission to...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
The Halifax County-South Boston Public Library System is proud to announce the new Emma C. Edmunds Virginia History Collection. Edmunds was a graduate of Randolph...
Amy Huskin hired as HCPS division superintendent, pledges to invest in relationships, curriculum; ‘I’m here for the long haul’ to | May 19, 2022
Halifax County Public Schools has a new division superintendent — Amy D. Huskin, current director of curriculum, instruction and CTE for Appomattox County Public Schools....
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
Leading up to the prom Saturday night at Halifax County High School, reminders for students to drive safely stand forlornly in the student parking lot....
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
The Halifax County Planning Commission voted 4-2 to back a proposed meat processing and slaughterhouse facility on Sinai Road despite the objections from nearly two...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
The Halifax County War Memorial will be the scene of a Memorial Day religious service on Sunday, May 29 at 3 p.m. to remember those...
tom@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
One man has been charged and police continue to search for others they believe were involved in an early morning shooting incident Thursday in South...
Susan Kyte Mecklenburg Sun | May 18, 2022
After getting the go-ahead to start plans for construction, the Mecklenburg County School Board pushed off a decision until June on how to move forward...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 18, 2022
Interstate 85 just north of the Virginia-North Carolina state line was closed to traffic on Sunday morning following a multi-vehicle crash which resulted in the...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 18, 2022
Friends of William and Brittany Young and their two children are asking the community to help the family, who lost everything in a house fire...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 18, 2022
Mecklenburg County Public Schools has received a Community Empowerment Fund Award from Microsoft to support the school division’s CTE-Work Based Learning-Community & School Events Food...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
The Halifax County High School baseball and softball teams began Piedmont District tournament play Wednesday at Tunstall High School. Baseball, 15-4, 10-0 Piedmont District, was scheduled to play Bassett. Bassett finished the regular season 6-14, 4-6 Piedmont. Softball played Magna Vista to open the tournament....
Mike Moseley News & Record | May 19, 2022
The Halifax County High School boys tennis team won the Piedmont District championship Tuesday, defeating Magna Vista 6-2 in South Boston. The Comets blanked Bassett 5-0 in semifinal action to advance to the championship. Halifax (14-2) now awaits Region 4D tournament play. The Comets picked...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
The Halifax County High School varsity girls soccer team concluded the regular season schedule Monday, defeating Tunstall 2-0. “We played extremely well tonight, a repeat of our earlier game with both teams playing good solid soccer,” coach Bertram Cuffley said. “Possession was about even with...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
Carolyn Horton Jones of South Boston died Tuesday, May 17, 2022. She was born in Evansville, Ind., on Dec. 26, 1943, and was 78 years...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
James Louis Powell died on Monday, May 16 at his residence at the age of 55. Mr. Powell was born June 25, 1966 to the...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 19, 2022
Inez Mariesainte Myles of South Boston, formerly of Raleigh, N.C., and Henderson, N.C., died at Duke University Hospital Monday, May 16 at the age of...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 17, 2022
George Basdikis, age 81 of South Hill died Monday, May 16, 2022. Mr. Basdikis served as a master trooper with the Virginia State Police for...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 17, 2022
Willoughby Shelton Hundley Jr. “Billy”, age 91, of Boydton passed away peacefully at his home Friday, May 13, 2022. Mr. Hundley graduated from Hampden Sydney...
dconner@thenewsrecord.com | May 17, 2022
James Phillip Roach, 84, of Clarksville, died Wednesday, May 11, 2022. He was the loving husband of Ruby Epperson Roach for 63 years. Born in...