The Mecklenburg 13-year-old All-Stars played some good baseball over the weekend and went 2-2 in the Dixie Baseball Junior Boys World Series in Opelika, Ala. The local team recorded wins over state ...

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 ...

Stephen Robert Hite, 40 of Richmond, died Friday, July 18, 2025 in a Richmond hospital.  He was an insurance salesman.  A funeral service will be conducted Saturday. Aug. 9 at 1 p.m. at Buffalo ...

Earnest Raymond Newcomb, 73 of Boydton, died Wednesday, July 23, 2025 in a Richmond hospital.  He was a retired Virginia Department of Transportation employee. A graveside service was conducted Sunday ...

Betty Snead Farrar, 77 of Kenbridge, died Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at Heritage Hall, Blackstone.  She was a retired Lunenburg County Public Schools instructional assistant.  A graveside service was ...

Mary Bell Mason Townes completed her earthly assignment and was awarded her wings Saturday, July 19, 2025 with her family by her side. She was born Feb. 1, 1936 in Mecklenburg County, to the late ...

Donald Robert “Donny” Dyer, 50, of South Boston, passed away Friday, July 25, 2025 at his home. He was born June 26, 1975 in South Boston to Elizabeth Trent Wallen who survives and the late George ...

Nancy Jackson LaWall of South Boston, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, July 24 2025, she was 82 years old. Nancy was born in Dayton, Ky., Oct. 6, 1942 to the late Preston Jackson and the late ...

Elizabeth Brame Wallace, 89, of Chase City, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2025. She was born Feb. 22, 1936 in Toana, and was the daughter of the late Robert Harper Brame and the late Lois Hunt Brame ...

Mintie Izilia House, 81, of Chase City, entered eternal rest Monday, July 21, 2025. Born Sept. 15, 1943, in New York City to ...

A Chase City police officer was seriously injured Sunday while attempting to serve a warrant on a suspect for making nuisance calls to 911. Chase City Police Chief Jay Jordan said Officer Fred ...

Mecklenburg County Public Schools remains in the dark about the financial impact of the Trump Administration’s decision to freeze more than $6.8 billion in federal education funds one day before the ...