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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 ...
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.
Local business owner Heather Hite Garnett asked Clarksville Town Council to revisit its decision to install boat docks in the cove that runs to Third Street behind the Clarion Hotel in Clarksville.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...