Clarksville News

Navy 1911 Q: I inherited a Colt U.S. Navy .45, serial number 74XX with two magazines and a leather holster in very good condition.

Clarksville debate paints social divide Posted on: 06/24/09 Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com A small group of parents brought their concerns over enrollment and multi-age classes at the Clarksville Elementary School to the Bethlehem Board of Education on Wednesday, June 17.

The criticism being leveled against Veterans Affairs is more than warranted. Despite an enormous budget, it has demonstrated the incapacity to provide the health care that veterans earned, promised and deserve.

Tugging on a thick, worn rope tied to the edge of a dock, William Grinnell pulls up a black wire cage, a temporary home to more than 150 Chesapeake Bay oysters.

Posted on: 06/11/09 Written by: Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com Bethlehem Superintendent Michael Tebbano spoke up about the recent scuttlebutt over enrollment and class size at Clarkesville Elementary that has some parents talking.

Berry College staff member Andrea Jones and student workers Sarah Baker Walker and Isaac Jessup earned top honors during Berry's annual Student Work Awards Program.

The Homeland Security Department set up a huge data center on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2006 without considering protections against hurricanes, power outages and perimeter security threats, according to a new report from DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:40 PM EDT

By Lisa Andrews, Staff Writer and Brad Johnson, Editor

MECKLENBURG COUNTY - A two-day search for a well-known South Hill physician ended Tuesday morning with the discovery of his body in a creek where he had apparently been fishing, officials said.

Occoneechee State Park in Clarksville will host the 17th annual Native American Heritage Festival on May 9. Gates open at 10 a.m. with the grand entry scheduled for noon.

A funeral home director-turned-flight attendant was given a $100,000 bond yesterday and placed on terms that likely will keep him grounded in Virginia.

The man accused of committing a murder on the streets of Clarksville pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Tuesday, according to Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Petra B. Haskins.

A man and woman were found dead in their Acworth home Tuesday, victims of a murder-suicide, a Cobb County Police spokesman said.

The Clarksville Police Department is temporarily leaning on the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Department in Boydton for technical assistance.

On Wednesday, a Mecklenburg County School Board member questioned recent decisions made regarding the renovation of the former Boydton Elementary School into the new school board office - including the purchase ...

A Mecklenburg County Grand Jury named 30 people in a total of 54 indictments Monday, on charges including allegedly shooting a person, child neglect and arson.

The Boydton Horse Park could be a positive addition for Mecklenburg County if a proposal by the Boydton Ruritans moves forward, according to the plan presented Monday night at the Mecklenburg County Board of ...

A Clarksville man drowned Thursday as he worked on his boat in the water near a boat ramp, officials said.