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 ...

We have heard a lot of discussion about President Biden’s diminishing mental abilities at the end of his presidency. It appears that our nation and allies did not suffer in either defense or economy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Helen “Polly” Whittingham was born March 14, 1937 in Halifax to John Hill Roberts and Katharine Jones Roberts. She passed peacefully Monday, March 31, 2025 at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, ...

The Mecklenburg County High School varsity baseball team ended the season on a high note by topping Tunstall 7-3 in its finale last Wednesday night. The Phoenix finished 7-13, 6-6 Piedmont District.

Carolyn Dale Moorefield Conner of Scottsburg, passed away Monday, May 26, 2025 at the age of 80. She was born in Halifax County Sept. 25, 1944. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alton “Tiny” ...

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 ...

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 ...