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 ...

It’s generally wrong to fret over hypotheticals when the reality is bad enough, but we need to talk about 5th District Rep. John McGuire's uranium bill.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Claire Wright Mitchell, once a respected teacher with Mecklenburg County Public Schools, received an active sentence of 60 days in prison for using a communications system to solicit sex with a minor.

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, ...