Susan Kyte Mecklenburg Sun | August 10, 2022
Youngkin joins county leaders for MCHS-MCMS ribbon cutting “We are here to honor what this county has accomplished, a new school that was years in the making.” With those words, Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors Chair Glenn Barbour welcomed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, state and county...
Olivia Allison Mecklenburg Sun | August 10, 2022
South Hill Town Council member Ben Taylor resigned his seat Monday night during a heated council meeting that started 50 minutes late and included a call by Taylor to investigate trespass charges against fellow Council member Shep Moss. Council rejected Taylor’s motion to refer a...
August 10, 2022
The 100th birthday of longtime educator Howard E. Robinson was celebrated Monday by the Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor David Brankley read the following resolution into the record before handing it to Robinson. WHEREAS, the Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors does hereby wish to...
August 10, 2022
Two members of the self-styled “Gun Play Crew Gang” were sentenced last week for their role in a deadly failed home invasion in Skipwith in March 2020. On Wednesday, the leader of the group and the mastermind of the attempted robbery, Jack Heverin of Virgilina,...
August 10, 2022
Two victims were treated for either burns or smoke inhalation after being rescued from a duplex fire in South Hill on Sunday. The South Hill Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 100 block of Binford Street in South Hill, joined by...
August 9, 2022
Two people — one a 17-year-old — were hospitalized with gunshot wounds Monday night following a shooting incident at Willow Oaks Apartments in South Boston....
August 8, 2022
The Town of South Boston is pursuing a $3 million state grant to move forward with the John Randolph Hotel renovation project in tandem with...
August 8, 2022
As school districts around Virginia and the U.S. wrestle with a shortage of teachers, Halifax County Public Schools has dozens of classroom openings to fill...
Victoria Thompson News & Record | August 8, 2022
It’s a long journey from South Boston summer theater to the grand stages of London, but former Prizery performer Kelly Glyptis has managed the feat....
August 8, 2022
Dawn Miller, principal at Halifax County Middle School since 2019, is stepping up to take a new job as director of secondary instruction for Halifax...
Susan Kyte Mecklenburg Sun | August 10, 2022
Youngkin joins county leaders for MCHS-MCMS ribbon cutting “We are here to honor what this county has accomplished, a new school that was years in...
Olivia Allison Mecklenburg Sun | August 10, 2022
South Hill Town Council member Ben Taylor resigned his seat Monday night during a heated council meeting that started 50 minutes late and included a...
August 10, 2022
The 100th birthday of longtime educator Howard E. Robinson was celebrated Monday by the Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor David Brankley read the following...
August 10, 2022
Two members of the self-styled “Gun Play Crew Gang” were sentenced last week for their role in a deadly failed home invasion in Skipwith in...
August 10, 2022
Two victims were treated for either burns or smoke inhalation after being rescued from a duplex fire in South Hill on Sunday. The South Hill...
Mike Moseley Mecklenburg Sun | August 10, 2022
Mecklenburg County High School Phoenix football players have been hard at it ever since preseason voluntary workouts began as the team gets ready for the 2022 season and a new era of high school football in the county. The guys were supposed to play their...
Mike Moseley Mecklenburg Sun | August 10, 2022
The Mecklenburg County Phoenix varsity boys golf team tallied a team score of 331 to place fourth in the high school’s Piedmont District opener at Kinderton Country Club in Clarksville on Thursday. “I think we were a little nervous on the front nine and recovered...
August 10, 2022
The Mecklenburg County High School jayvee golf team took to the links Monday in their first match of the season and lost to Halifax County, 184-207. Ellett Love paced the Phoenix with 48; Slate George shot a 49. Eli Walker and Maddox Sasser tied with ...
August 8, 2022
Our precious mother is now at rest in the arms of God and in the presence of His glory. Nancy Glass Adkins was 88 years...
August 8, 2022
Sylvia Conner Purcell Corum of South Boston died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022 at Commonwealth Assisted Living. She was born May 23, 1926 in Halifax County...
August 8, 2022
Margie Conner Lacks of South Boston died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. She was born in Halifax County on Aug. 23, 1950 and was 71 years...
August 9, 2022
Nancy Wootton Allen, age 79, of Skipwith died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Surviving is her husband, Paige Allen; daughters, Ann Gail Bowers and Tina Marie...
August 9, 2022
Kent Edward Hudson of Buffalo Junction, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at the age of 90. Born in Halifax County on June 11, 1932, he...
August 9, 2022
James Pozie Chapman, 87 of Boydton, died Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. He was an employee at the former Craddock-Terry shoe plant. A funeral was held...