All travel lanes of Interstate 85 between South Hill and Bracey were closed for several hours on Wednesday afternoon due to a ...

A man was shot and killed while hunting in the Keysville area of Lunenburg County on Monday evening. According to Shelby Crouch, Public Information Officer with the Virginia Department of Wildlife ...

Mecklenburg County schools will hold a remote learning day on Wednesday as the area braces for its latest winter storm. An arctic blast arriving Wednesday is expected to dump between one-six inches of ...

The fourth seeded Mecklenburg County High School varsity boys basketball team will face five-seed Halifax County in the quarterfinal round of the VHSL Region 4D tournament Friday in Baskerville at 6 p ...

A South Hill man has died after succumbing to injuries in a vehicle crash Sunday, Feb. 9 around 6:21 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 58 and Theater Road near South Hill. According to Virginia State ...

With no notice or fanfare, the News-Progress newspaper closed up shop with the publication of its Feb. 5, issue. That Wednesday’s print edition made no mention of the abrupt end to the newspaper’s lon ...

When will it end? When Mecklenburg County looks like a giant power grid underneath criss-crossing high tension wires, surrounded by massive electrical substations? Is anyone quantifying the benefits ...

When we think about labor, it often brings to mind the hardworking individuals we might meet every day and their variety of manual tasks. This week’s Black History Month (BHM) thematic topic focuses ...

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is releasing few details about its investigation into the death of a resident at an adult care home near Chase City. According to MCSO Captain Chris Whittemore, ...

Why live in a small town like South Boston or Clarksville? I asked some people who have moved here from big cities. 1. People are friendlier. While Holly Stadtler made some friends in bigger cities, ...

Chase City Town Manager Charles “Dusty” Forbes is back on the job after abruptly resigning during the Feb. 10 meeting of Chase City Town Council. Forbes rescinded his resignation and returned to work ...

The Mecklenburg County School Board voted Monday to issue a one-time health credit to all school employees as reimbursement for any health care expenses, using unspent federal Covid funds to cover the ...