South Boston News

Hollis Cannon has taken a light-hearted approach to the loss of the tree in her backyard that was believed to be one of the oldest in South Boston, but she admits to being pretty shaken the day it fell.

It seems Boston can't get enough of infamous former mob boss Whitey Bulger, whose murder trial began on June 12. To cover the high profile court case, From 3-7 p.m. on Thursdays, Carr will take up residence at The Barking Crab, which sits next to the South Boston courthouse, where the prosecution is making its case against the Irish Winter Hill ... (more)

William Poole Jr. of Danville, who said he has been struggling to make ends meet, applied for work at Monogram Snacks' job fair Saturday.

The Washington Examiner reports E.W. Jackson, now running for lieutenant governor in Virginia, ran up back taxes in Massachusetts from his days running WLVG, a Cambridge gospel station at 740 AM.

The lineup of candidates seeking local office is set for the Nov. 5 general election.

After pleading not guilty to 19 charges of murder and to multiple charges of racketeering, money laundering and extortion, James "Whitey" Bulger sat before a jury of his peers for the first time Wednesday at the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in South Boston.

Debra Fine lived to tell of her encounter with a heavily armed gunman who killed five people and wounded her and others in a Santa Monica rampage.

Halifax Co., VA-- 27 college students are biking all across the country for a great cause, and they made a pit-stop in South Boston on Wednesday.

High Bridge Trail State Park in central Virginia and the Tobacco Heritage Trail in South Boston were added to the National Trails System on Friday.

The 200th anniversary of the sea battle between HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake will be commemorated on Sunday, from 1:50 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., at St.

John Thomas Foster, 91, was last seen walking at the intersection of Burch Elmo Road and Highpoint Road, in South Boston, Virginia.

Larry Camp, chairman of the Old Burying Ground Foundation, with the Samwell Stevens stone in the old burial grounds on Barrington Street.

It's all or nothing for The Prizery as it shoots to raise $20,000 by midnight Wednesday for its Summer Theatre Celebration.

South Boston Council committees will hold their monthly work session a day later than usual due to the Memorial Day holiday.

Since he garnered that nomination, the conservative Republican pastor is under the microscope.