A Mecklenburg County grand jury on Monday handed down indictments against 11 persons suspected of crimes, including a Clarksville man who was charged for his alleged involvement in the shooting death ...

The free world democracies were terrified when Nazi Germany marched into a region of the present-day Czech Republic known as Sudetenland in 1938. Hitler claimed it rightfully belonged to Germany ...

The Mecklenburg County School Board tabled a vote to name a new school superintendent when the matter came up Monday at the board’s monthly meeting. Vice Chair Ricky Allgood presented the postponement ...

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking public input on a proposal to dump treated residential sewage into Little Buffalo Creek west of Clarksville. The waterway flows into ...

Mecklenburg County Public Schools has honored the alumni of the Thyne Institute by installing a historical marker at the site of the Thyne Institute Memorial in Chase City. Superintendent of Schools ...

I have told you before that my family should own much of California by now after opening a hardware store and bank in the heart of the Gold Rush. The next generation ran them both into the ground, but ...

About your front page story, “County updates development plan with aim of sustainability” (Sun, Aug. 13), it’s a bit late, don’t you think? In less than 20 years we have witnessed the closing, ...

Anthony Scott Hudson, age 56, of 4187 Red Bank Road, Virgilina, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Monday, Aug. 18, 2025 at Duke University Hospital surrounded by his family, Scott was born Feb.

It is with heavy hearts and incredible memories that we share the passing of Jennifer West Wednesday, Aug. 13. Jennifer was the beloved wife of Frank West, with whom she shared 47 beautiful years of ...

The Mecklenburg County High School golf team finished second in a Piedmont District match Monday in some tough conditions at Tunstall. The home team captured the match with a 334 total while the ...

Nancy Bowman Chewning, known to her loved ones as “Nanny”, 90, of Newport, passed away Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, at home with her children by her side.
Nancy and her late husband, Nelson raised their four ...

David Robert ”Dave” Norwood, 83, of Clarksville, passed away Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at his daughter’s home in Pine Knoll Shores. Born Jan. 19, 1942 in Vance County, he was the son of the late Wilma ...