Tobacco crops getting late start
- Last Updated on 03:48 PM 05/16/13
- Tiffany Hudson
With temperatures reaching in the high 80s Wednesday, many farmers could be found working in the fields.
Summer activities ‘hot’ topic at local library board meeting
- Last Updated on 03:33 PM 05/16/13
- Tiffany Hudson
Summer activities were the “hot” topic for Halifax County-South Boston Public Library Board members when they met Tuesday afternoon at the South Boston Public Library.
No drugs found in sweep of Halifax County High School
- Last Updated on 02:43 PM 05/16/13
- The Gazette-Virginian
No arrests were made, and no drugs were seized following a thorough narcotics search of Halifax County High School Thursday morning, Sheriff Fred S. Clark said.
Packed crowd angry over decisions blasts school board
- Last Updated on 09:04 AM 05/15/13
- Tiffany Hudson
School Superintendent Dr. Merle Herndon and Halifax County School Board members got an earful Monday night during the board’s regular monthly meeting held in Halifax.
Building, car burn
- Last Updated on 07:42 AM 05/15/13
- The Gazette-Virginian
Halifax Volunteer Fire Department along with South Boston Fire Department were called out to a brush fire near a garage on Mallard Lane around 2:20 p.m. Monday afternoon.
Dropped cell phone sends man into deep well
- Last Updated on 07:40 AM 05/15/13
- Danielle Vaughn
When John McClure went to visit his friend, Kenneth Helton, Saturday evening at his Scottsburg home, he never imagined he would find him trapped in a 38-foot well.
School board expected to finalize budget Monday night
- Last Updated on 07:42 AM 05/13/13
- The Gazette-Virginian
Halifax County School Board members are expected to finalize its already approved budget when they meet tonight at 6 p.m. in the public meeting room at the Mary Bethune office complex.
Blaze destroys mobile home on Clays Mill Road
- Last Updated on 07:39 AM 05/13/13
- The Gazette-Virginian
A quick-moving fire destroyed a single-wide mobile home located at 4196 Clays Mill Road in Halifax on Thursday around 4:30 p.m.
Group: Clover site in danger
- Last Updated on 07:37 AM 05/13/13
- The Gazette-Virginian
A Halifax County site — the Clover Rosenwald School — has landed on a list of historically endangered places in Virginia.
Law enforcement ride cycles through
- Last Updated on 07:36 AM 05/13/13
- Special to the Gazette
Members of the South Boston Police Department, Virginia State Police and Halifax County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the 2013 Law Enforcement Ride to D.C. as it traveled through Halifax County on Saturday.
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