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Ruth Jean Gilliland Slayton, a beloved member of her family and community, left this world peacefully Wednesday, June 11, ...
Chase City Town Council voted Monday night to approve a $5.7 million town budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Town Manager Dusty Forbes presented the budget at the last meeting of Council ...
A “No Kings” rally, part of a nationwide protest of the Trump administration, will be held in South Boston Saturday, June 14. Organized by Halifax County Democrats, the local event will be held in ...
David J. Masterson will join Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital (SHRH) in July as President. Masterson has been President of Sentara Obici Hospital and its Sentara BelleHarbour outpatient campus in ...
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is one of 13 sheriff’s departments in Virginia that have signed agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ramp up federal enforcement of ...
Staunton River Battlefield State Park will celebrate History and Culture Weekend Saturday with a program about Civil War camp life as the Virginia State Parks system kicks off its 89th anniversary. St ...
The Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors took aim Monday at an obscure provision of President Donald Trump’s signature tax cut and spending bill that will hurt domestic tobacco growers, according ...
A North Carolina man who led police on a pursuit through Bracey on Sunday afternoon died after being shot by one of the responding state troopers. According to Virginia State Police, on Sunday, June 8 ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE experiment did not save American taxpayers one dime. In fact, it has cost us. Cancer research is slashed, the National Weather Service is weakened, FEMA is not ready for hurricane ...
With the apparent end to the DOGE investigations, let’s see if anything gets accomplished. One good thing that I believe came out of it was the revealing of the sheer incompetence of our government.
Roseland Eleanor Daley, 70, of Clarksville, died on Friday, June 6, 2025 at Centra Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg. Ms. Daley was born in Finchley, Sept. 8, 1954 to the late John Abraham Daley ...
Johnny T. Flynn, age 87, of Chase City passed away Thursday, June 5, 2025. Johnny retired from VDOT and afterwards owned a lawn care business, he was also a member of New Hope Baptist Church.