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One of the area’s finest attractions is finally open for visitors five days a week. What? Did a new Disney park open up here? Six Flags, maybe? No, I am talking about the Thomas Day House, the ...
Mecklenburg County and vast swaths of the U.S. are broiling under extreme heat that settled in Monday and will continue for the next several days. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service at Wakefield ...
With no competitive races on the local ballot, Virginia’s June 17 primary election drew scant interest in Mecklenburg County. Voter Registrar Jason Corwin said local turnout was a dismal 4.7 percent ...
Park View High School in South Hill has been designated a Virginia Historic Landmark by the Commonwealth’s Board of Historic Resources, in recognition of the state’s long struggle to desegregate its ...
If you had told me one-year ago I’d be knee-deep in trying to save endangered farmland while screaming from the mountaintops about the green scam that is the solar farm industry … I would’ve told you ...
Construction is wrapping up on the new $1.7 million Clarksville Marina building. Clarksville Town Manager Jeff Jones said he expects to move marina managers Scott and Kristy Matthews into their new ...
Rivers Edwards Jr., of Clarksville, Virginia, beloved father, grandfather, brother and friend to many, passed away in his ...
In typical leftist Democratic Party fashion, to force fit his narrative, Ben Jealous makes an outrageous assertion in the June 11 edition of The Mecklenburg Sun, that the government DEI initiatives ...
I read the well-written article (Sun, June 4 edition) on the proposed traffic overhaul at the Route 58 and Atlantic Avenue intersection in South Hill. I was concerned reading the article that email in ...
Cynthia Butler Ladlee, 92 of Henrico, N.C., died Friday, June 20, 2025 at her home.  A private memorial service will be held at a later date with inurnment in La Crosse Cemetery.  Condolences may be s ...
Virginia State Police are investigating a fatal tractor trailer crash near the 18-mile marker on Interstate 85 near South ...
Ronnie Allen, 70, of Chase City entered eternal rest Friday, June 20, 2025 at his residence. A funeral was held Sunday, June 22, at the chapel of Giles-Harris Funeral Home, Chase City with Rev. Melvin ...