Cecil Jane Chappell Puryear of Vernon Hill, passed away Monday, July 28, 2025 at the age of 78. She was born in Halifax County Aug. 22, 1946 to the late John Woodson Chappell and the late Nannie ...

After a lengthy rain delay pushed back the start of the night’s racing action by just over two hours Peyton Sellers and Jacob Borst found it well worth the wait. Sellers and Borst split wins in the tw ...

Caerlos Leon Clifton, 69 of White Plains, died Thursday, July 24, 2025. He was a painter for Slate and Spivey in Emporia. A funeral will be conducted Saturday, Aug. 2 at 3 p.m. at Crowder-Hite-Crews ...

Frances Church Perkins of Halifax passed away Sunday, July 27, 2025 at the age of 80. She was born in North Wilkesboro, N.C., to the late Sam and Ethel May Brazzell Church. She was married to the late ...

The Mecklenburg 13-year-old All-Stars played some good baseball over the weekend and went 2-2 in the Dixie Baseball Junior Boys World Series in Opelika, Ala. The local team recorded wins over state ...

It is amazing how a simple smell can take you back to a much simpler time several decades ago. A smell stopped me in my tracks in the yard one evening last week. It was actually a combo smell of ...