With these weekly columns, I may come across as a vibrant, active senior with perfect health. Well, I think I am quite healthy for an 83-year-old, though my wife thinks I complain too much. I don’t ...

The Mecklenburg County YMCA will soon have new park space at its Clarksville campus on Noblin Farm Road. The unveiling of the park design and ribbon cutting took place at the YMCA in Clarksville on ...

On May 15, 2024, our daughter Julie Jones Aiken finally shared with us that her live-in boyfriend was physically, emotionally and verbally abusive and that she needed our help. While speaking with her ...

Congrats to the Brunswick Academy softball team that recently finished as the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic ...

Emily Davis McDowell Steed, 96, of LaCrosse, passed away “to see my Jesus” Thursday, May 15, 2025. Emily was born Jan. 5, ...

The Mecklenburg County High School varsity softball team fell 10-4 at Tunstall, the Piedmont District champions, in its regular season finale last Wednesday evening. The loss dropped the Phoenix to 11 ...

Janet Linda German, 81, of Skipwith, and formerly of Manassas, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2025. She was born Nov. 16, 1943 in Arlington and was the daughter of the late Herman Neff and the late ...

Landon Pembelton and Trevor Ward split the twin 75-lap Late Model Stock Car races Saturday at South Boston Speedway. Pembelton’s win in the opening race was his first win at South Boston Speedway ...

Valeria Stembridge Rickman, 89, of Chase City, passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, May 25, 2025. She was born June 4, 1935 in Skipwith and was the daughter of the late Silas Wilkie Stembridge ...

Philip Davis Hollis, of Halifax, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2025, at the age of 87. Mr. Hollis was born in Quincy, Mass., May 19, 1938 to the late Earl and Eleanor Hollis. He actively served in the ...

Mildred Grace Brown Tuck Bell of Clarksville passed away peacefully Thursday, May 22, 2025.  Mildred was born Dec. 6, 1926 to Roy and Sarah Weston Brown on the Brown homeplace in Jeffress, Mecklenburg ...

The Mecklenburg County High School girls track team captured the recent Piedmont District track & field title while the boys team finished second. “We are so immensely proud of how hard our athletes ...