Nancy Snead Lowery of South Boston passed peacefully Thursday, June 26, 2025 at the age of 80. Born April 25, 1945 in the landscapes of Halifax County, Nancy’s life was a tapestry woven with threads ...

A trio of Martinsville Speedway winners, all of whom are in the top three of the Late Model Stock Car point standings at South Boston Speedway, say winning the 19th running of the Thunder Road ...

The air temperature hovered at 93 degrees. The heat index was over 100 degrees. The asphalt temperature of the track was 138 degrees. Yet, Matt Waltz and Tate Fogleman were braving the intense heat at ...

A Virginia State Trooper suffered minor injuries Thursday in a crash that occurred at the intersection of Broad and Webster Streets in South Boston. Trooper R. Compton suffered minor injuries when his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rivers Edwards Jr., of Clarksville, Virginia, beloved father, grandfather, brother and friend to many, passed away in his ...