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News

HCHS prom traffic, parking explained

HCHS prom traffic, parking explained

April 22, 2024

With the ongoing construction of the new Halifax County High School facility, changes have been made for parking and traffic for Saturday's 2024 HCHS Prom. From HCHS administration: Prom is less than a week away. Please take a look at the following parking and prom...

2024 MCHS Prom

2024 MCHS Prom

April 21, 2024

   

HCHS National Honor Society inducts new members

HCHS National Honor Society inducts new members

April 19, 2024

   

Plan for 2030 Mecklenburg school rezoning goes forward

Plan for 2030 Mecklenburg school rezoning goes forward

April 17, 2024

After a series of public meetings drew little comment from parents or others, Mecklenburg County Public Schools will move forward with plans to change school attendance zones for the 2030 school year. The proposed rezoning plan will leave South Hill Elementary School with some 170...

More News / Halifax

HCHS prom traffic, parking explained


HCHS National Honor Society inducts new members


Authorities seek missing juvenile


Walls going up


New event coming for An Affair of the Arts at the Prizery


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2024 MCHS Prom


Plan for 2030 Mecklenburg school rezoning goes forward


FINE WEATHER AND WINES


South Hill man gets 20 years for slaying


Man killed in Sunday crash in Brodnax area


Sports

Dudley wins first SBS race with late model victory Saturday

Dudley wins first SBS race with late model victory Saturday

April 21, 2024

Kyle Dudley captured his first career South Boston Speedway victory Saturday, winning the 100-lap Late Model Stock Car Division race at South Boston Speedway. Dudley sped across the finish line 1.268 seconds ahead of two-time NASCAR national champion Peyton Sellers in the caution-free race and...

20240420 HCHS varsity softball vs Franklin County

20240420 HCHS varsity softball vs Franklin County

April 21, 2024

20240420 HCMS softball vs Alta Vista

20240420 HCMS softball vs Alta Vista

April 21, 2024

More Sports / Halifax

Dudley wins first SBS race with late model victory Saturday

20240420 HCHS varsity softball vs Franklin County

20240420 HCMS softball vs Alta Vista

More Sports / Mecklenburg

Phoenix softball opens district slate with two wins

Struggles continue for Phoenix varsity baseball

Girls varsity soccer suffers back-to-back district losses

Obituaries

Obituaries / Halifax

Robert Andre Wilson

April 19, 2024

Robert Andre Wilson of New York and formerly of Halifax County, died Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at the age of...

Lacy White Powell

April 19, 2024

Lacy White Powell of Altavista, formally of South Boston, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the age of 80....

Ruby Laughorn Newton

April 16, 2024

Ruby Laughorn Newton of Halifax, passed away Friday, April 15, 2024. She was born in Halifax County, Sept. 4, 1938...

Golden Cornelius Bowes Jr.

April 16, 2024

Golden Cornelius Bowes Jr., age 82, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2024 at his residence in Alton. He was born...

Dale Allen McKinney

April 16, 2024

Dale Allen McKinney of South Boston went to be with his Lord and Savior Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the...

Obituaries / Mecklenburg

Donald Ray Roberts

April 16, 2024

Donald Ray Roberts known as “Dike” departed this earthly life Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Clarksville. Donald was born to...

Howard E. Robinson Sr.

April 16, 2024

Howard E. Robinson Sr., a popular educator in Mecklenburg County that taught more than 10,000 students, passed away Friday, April...

Edith Jane Bollinger

April 16, 2024

  Edith Jane Bollinger, 79 of LaCrosse died Sunday, April 14, 2024 in the Chase City Health and Rehab Center. ...

Wilma Goldie Gregory

April 16, 2024

  Wilma Goldie Gregory, 89, of Buffalo Junction entered eternal rest Sunday, April 7, 2024 at her residence. A funeral...

William Thomas Stanley Jr.

April 16, 2024

  William Thomas Stanley Jr., 79 of South Hill, died Thursday, April 11, 2024 in a Richmond hospital. He owned...

Opinion

Columns

A confounding dilemma

April 17, 2024

  Dear Viewpoint: President Gerald Ford, 1974, upon pardoning Richard Nixon: “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.” Maybe so, but our greater...

Thanks for the support

April 17, 2024

  Dear Viewpoint: We want to express our thanks to all the organizations and businesses that sponsored children, holes or prizes for our FOP Tournament...

Afraid of being stuck in the past

April 17, 2024

I’m here to defend to two emerging technologies that everyone hates: Self-driving vehicles and AI. So far I am happy with our one-month free trial...

Sports scandals of yore

Mike Doan News & Record | April 10, 2024

What’s this? A scandal? If it’s not politics, it must be sports. So much money is involved that the temptations are staggering. The latest involves...

Barnstorming bust

April 10, 2024

  Dear Viewpoint: Judging by the paltry turnout in South Boston for Representative Bob Good’s “rally” last week (The Sun, April 3), I feel confident...

Entertainment

Bright Star opens Saturday at Clarksville Fine Arts Center

Broadway musical tells story of love lost and found, with bluegrass tunes; Players production runs April 20-28

Bright Star, a Broadway musical written by Steven Martin of Saturday Night Live fame and singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, comes to Clarksville Saturday. The musical is based on a true story that took place in Irondale, Mo. in 1902. In Martin and Brickell’s telling, it is...

Summer camps coming to the Prizery

The Prizery is hard at work preparing the 2024 lineup of summer camps. Executive director, Melanie Cornelison-Jannotta said “summer camps are a wonderful way to experience fun, enriching activities during the summer months. It is also a perfect chance to introduce children to visual and...

Tidewater Classical Guitar Orchestra to perform Saturday

Keep the performing arts alive on the local stage with The ArtBank’s thirty-fourth Series. Come hear one of the only guitar orchestras of its kind, Tidewater Classical Guitar Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m., St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 405 W. Church Street in Lawrenceville. Adult...

Tobacco trail gets funding for new 2-mile segment

Recreational path from Rudds Creek to Skipwith

An expansion of the Tobacco Heritage Trail that has been in the making since 2003 has gained priority status from the Virginia Office of Trails and will receive $4 million in funding from the Commonwealth Transportation Board. County Administrator Alex Gottschalk told the Mecklenburg County...

Lake Country Wine Festival returns Saturday in Clarksville

Area and regional vintners, artisans, food trucks featured

Join the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce for the 18th annual Lake Country Wine Festival this Saturday, April 13 from noon-5 p.m. on the grounds of the Historic Morton-Sizemore House, now the Delicate Flower 
B & B in Downtown Clarksville. One of the most...


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