The Sentara Urgent Care location in South Boston is the busiest of the health system’s 19 urgent cares. The South Boston site routinely sees 100 patients per day, while the average at other Sentara ...

Bettie Blackmon Townsend, of Virgilina, passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at the age of 77. She was born in Danville, Nov. 16, 1948 to Howard and Margaret Blackmon. She was a graduate of Halifax ...

Mecklenburg residents will have multiple options for voting in Virginia’s April 21 special election to redraw the state’s congressional districts, with early voting getting started this week. On the ...

Anthony Donnell Harris, 69, of Boydton, died Saturday. Feb. 28, 2026 at his home. He was a construction engineer. Services will be private by Crowder-Hite-Crews.

Over 1,000 Mecklenburg Electric customers in the Bracey area lost power for several hours Friday after an SUV crashed into a utility pole on Highway 903. The single vehicle crash snapped the pole off ...

Donald Gene Johnson, 80 of Brodnax, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2026 at his residence. He was a retired municipal maintenance employee. A funeral will be conducted Thursday, March 5 at 2 p.m. at ...

Clarksville native Lisa Frazier Tharpe will step in to serve as interim executive director of Historic Downtown Clarksville (HDC), the town’s preservation-based economic and community development ...

Doris Ann Timberlake, 79 of Skipwith, entered eternal rest Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. Mrs. Timberlake was born in Mecklenburg County, April 10, 1946, to the late Harvey and Gladys Pulliam Harris. She ...

Wanda Ann Green Clary, 74, of Chase City, passed away peacefully Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026 surrounded by her family. Born Feb. 10,1952 in Eustis, Fla., to David and Annie Mae Green. Wanda was an only ...

Random thoughts as spring approaches: I wrote recently about how hard it is to open packages. I had to buy scissors to open something I bought once when I was traveling. The scissors were so securely ...

Elizabeth Ann McLamb, 78 of Mechanicsville, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 in a Richmond hospital. She was a retired supervisor for Virginia Social Services. A funeral will be conducted Saturday, Feb.

Virla Hazelwood Mills of Scottsburg passed away Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026 at the blessed age of 94. She was born in Halifax County Sept. 24, 1931 to the late John Anderson Hazelwood and the late Dora Mae ...