What happens when you combine high-tech ambitions with a hamster-wheel energy grid? You get a mix that makes no sense at all — which pretty much sums up Mecklenburg County’s schizophrenic approach to ...

A Mecklenburg County grand jury handed down indictments against 18 individuals on April 22, including four individuals on drug related charges. Indictments are not findings of guilt. They are a ...

A Clarksville couple has gained the unanimous backing of the Halifax County Board of Supervisors for a bed and breakfast inn and exotic animal exhibit that they are seeking to establish at one of the ...

Mecklenburg County is sending five teams of young anglers to the Bassmaster National Championship after the teams scored top finishes in the Strike King Bassmaster High School and Junior Series ...

Property owners near a proposed solar project in Chase City have reportedly received a fake “good neighbor agreement” that was made to look as if it was issued by solar developer Longroad Energy ...

I was thrilled to get a summer job as a busboy at my favorite place in the world — Lake Tahoe — in June 1960. What a life, residing in a cabin amid pine trees beside an enormous lake surrounded by ...

The Mecklenburg County High School varsity boys soccer team beat Halifax County 1-0 Friday in a closely contested match. The ...

Helen Harris Andrews, age 89, of South Hill, passed away Thursday May 1, 2025.  She was a retired employee of Virginia Quilting.  Mrs. Andrew’s is survived by her daughter, Darlene Harris Coffey of ...

The Mecklenburg County High School varsity girls soccer team beat Halifax County 4-0 last Friday in South Boston. Mecklenburg (9-4) posted two goals in each the first and second half. Elizabeth Black ...

Mecklenburg County High School varsity baseball lost its Piedmont District matchup with Halifax County 18-9 Friday in Mecklenburg. Mecklenburg (6-8, 5-3 Piedmont) held Halifax in check throughout the ...

With great sadness to those she left behind, Christine Lucy Tanner, better known as  Chris, to her friends and family and Nana to her grandchildren and great grandchildren, departed for her heavenly ...

Clem Roosevelt Oliver (Roland), departed this life at the age of 84. He was born to the late Richard Junious and Willie Frances Oliver. He graduated from West End High School, class of 1961. He ...