Weston Walker Gupton departed this life Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026 at the age of 89. Weston was born on the family farm in Buffalo ...

James Edward Irby of Clarksville, passed away Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026 at his home. He was born March 6,1932 in Halifax County ...

Elizabeth Bullard “Lise” Burnett, a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 7 ...

One person has been arrested and charged after more than $96,000 in drugs (prison value) were seized during an attempted smuggling at Pocahontas State Correctional Center. The incident occurred ...

Ralph Madison Allred, 91, of Chase City, passed away Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. He was born May 10, 1934 and is the son of the late John Ralph Allred and the late Minnie Woolridge Allred.  Ralph was a ...

The young Mecklenburg County High School varsity boys’ basketball team dropped a pair of games during the first week of Piedmont District play to fall to 2-8. The Phoenix fell 70-41 to visiting ...

Our local high school teams jumped into the thick of it last week as district play opened across the region. The young Mecklenburg County varsity boys’ basketball team battled hard at home Friday ...

Tony Dwaine Duffer, 54, of Bracey, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. He was born July 27, 1971 in Halifax County.  Tony was a loving and devoted husband, dad, and poppy. He was an operations manager ...

I thought I knew what was going on around here until I talked to our B&B guests. Three of them I met over breakfast had driven all the way from Newport News to see a Renaissance Faire. Really? Here?

A Meherrin man lost his life in a Lunenburg County crash on Thursday last week. According to Virginia State Police, the Jan. 25 crash occurred around 3 p.m. on Doswell Town Road, near its intersection ...

Jane Price Clark, 63, of Boydton, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 after a brave and courageous battle with melanoma. She was born Aug. 27, 1962 in South Hill, and is the daughter of the late ...

Samuel Bugg, 100, of Clarksville, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026 at his home. He was born Sept. 3, 1925 in Chase City, and is the son of the late Richard Bugg and the late Cora Ware Bugg. He is ...