Trishaun Murphy of Chase City was sentenced last week to 35 years in prison for sexually molesting a 15-year old girl at his ...

I awoke abruptly the other night from what my Mom used to call “sweet dreams” that had turned instead into scary nightmares of the political sort: Images and stories conjured up from the dark recesses ...

It’s a chaotic news scene these days. Hard to know where to focus. The dollar is down. Inflation is up. Trump continues to levy tariffs even after a U.S. court specifically designated by Congress to ...

We are excited to announce an upcoming event titled “Meet the Candidates,” featuring state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, candidate for lieutenant governor, and Earnadette Powell-Farrar, candidate for the ...

Douglas Hinman of South Hill will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after the 69-year-old defendant was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison for killing his wife, Jackie Hinman, in a ...

Why do I need a knife or scissors to open just about everything anymore? Even the plastic on garlic at the grocery store. (Why does garlic need a plastic wrapper anyway?) In opera, the tenor always ...

A new chapter opened for Mecklenburg County Public Schools on Thursday with a ribbon cutting for the newly rebuilt and upgraded Clarksville Elementary School. CES Principal Dominique Sturdifen ...

Amish family members aboard a horse-drawn wagon suffered minor injuries after the buggy was hit by a car on Route 1 in Brunswick County last week. According to Virginia State Police, the Amish horse ...

Caerlos Leon Clifton, 69 of White Plains, died Thursday, July 24, 2025. He was a painter for Slate and Spivey in Emporia. A funeral will be conducted Saturday, Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. at Crowder-Hite-Crews ...

Cecil Jane Chappell Puryear of Vernon Hill, passed away Monday, July 28, 2025 at the age of 78. She was born in Halifax County Aug. 22, 1946 to the late John Woodson Chappell and the late Nannie ...

After a lengthy rain delay pushed back the start of the night’s racing action by just over two hours Peyton Sellers and Jacob Borst found it well worth the wait. Sellers and Borst split wins in the tw ...

It is amazing how a simple smell can take you back to a much simpler time several decades ago. A smell stopped me in my tracks in the yard one evening last week. It was actually a combo smell of ...