Jordaine Penick announced she was retiring from racing after exiting her Hornets Division car following the final race of South Boston Speedway’s 2025 season. It was understandable. She is a teenager ...

Buckingham County High School (BCHS) appears to have been the victim to a “swatting” call Monday afternoon. Law enforcement defines swatting as a criminal hoax where someone makes a fake emergency ...

Former Burkeville Mayor Jim R. Eanes, a career journalist and civic leader, was recognized with the prestigious James Madison Award from the Samuel V. Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public ...

Prince Edward County High School is once again celebrating a win off the field after earning a $5,000 prize through T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights program for the second consecutive year. The high ...

Members of the Buckingham Middle School FFA Chapter competed in several competitions June 8-11, at the 100th Virginia FFA State Convention held on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. FFA ...

School is back in session for our area. We all can remember the excitement of a new year. Seeing our friends, meeting our teachers and buying our school supplies brought the hope of a fresh start. Of ...

In “A Tale of Two Cities,” a young lawyer named Sydney trades places with his friend, Charles, who has been unjustly condemned to the guillotine. By taking Charles’ place, Sydney saves Charles’ life ...

If you live in or near the media markets serving Hampton Roads, the Peninsula up to the Northern Neck and Richmond and its suburbs, prepare for the most acrid, expensive and desperate congressional ...

One of the greatest strengths of Southside Virginia has always been the skill, work ethic and ingenuity of our people. Today, as our region attracts new investment in manufacturing, energy, technology ...

The questions deal with reproductive freedom, marriage and voting rights for people convicted of felonies. All three will appear on the Nov. 3 ballot. The General Assembly approved each amendment in ...

Civil rights stalwarts, politicians and academics recently held a requiem for the Voting Rights Act on its 61st anniversary, lamenting the neutering of a law that had propelled African Americans — ...

In my lifetime, I had many experiences with the James River but none as eventful as Col. William “Park” Lemmond, Virginia Tech graduate and my reporting official in the Air Force Reserve, who had the ...