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Thanks to friends that suggest topics! This topic is really about gluteal tendinopathy, a fairly common disorder that can ...

The Halifax County Middle School volleyball team ran into a buzzsaw on Wednesday afternoon on their home turf when they fell ...

The Halifax County High School cross country team continued to improve their times on Wednesday afternoon when they competed ...

Three Virginia residents’ legal challenge to state code tied to one of Virginia’s oldest traditions, the “right to retrieve” hunting law, has been dismissed, as, just ahead of deer hunting season, ...

The community is invited to the second annual Career & Technical Education Showcase on Thursday evening at the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center.

Long & Foster Realtors of South Boston is celebrating its 10-year anniversary by giving back to the community.

Over two days, the PETA Spay and Neuter van provided crucial low-cost and free sterilization services to pets in Halifax County, spaying and neutering a total of 96 animals — ...

Halifax County native and Cincinnati Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott returns home on Nov. 2 for his fourth annual pitching camp.

Described by MTI Theatricals as “the inspiring true story of Carole King’s journey from teenage songwriter to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” this one promises to be spectacular. As one cast member put ...

I’ll blame (or credit) my grandfather, Fred W. Gee, who was born in the West Yorkshire section of England in 1875. Fred arrived here at age 17 without telling his mother he was leaving. No tearful ...

Hunting for sassafras tea leaves and foraging for chestnuts was my favorite assignment in the fall of the year.