South Hill Police Chief Greg Geist has resigned following the conclusion of an internal review related to a personnel matter. Geist was placed on paid leave last week, pending results of the review.

When the air traffic controllers’ union announced a walkout on Aug. 3, 1981, I did not take it seriously. I left their press conference on a Friday afternoon thinking: “They won’t go on strike. That ...

The Mecklenburg County School Board adopted two key resolutions on Monday to advance the construction of a new La Crosse Elementary School. At their monthly meeting in Boydton, school trustees agreed ...

It was mighty thoughtful in a way for zillionaire Jeff Bezos and the good folks at Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide a launching point for a column I’ve been meaning to write of late. You probably ...

Mecklenburg County High School quarterback Jackson Gray was named Homecoming King and Marissa Davis was crowned Homecoming Queen during halftime festivities of Friday night’s high school football game ...

A 45-year-old Boydton man was sentenced last week to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to three felony charges stemming from the 2020 shooting death of 32-year-old Ihssan Trent Thomas of South ...

The Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors is considering a tax break for farm producers to shield them from paying the full share of real estate taxes based on their land’s fair market value, a ...

Timothy Lee Mull, age 56, of Chase City passed away Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. He was the son of the late Clayton “Bunt” and Barbara Mull; he is also preceded in death by a brother, Harvey Mull and a ...